French language help!!

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<p>Bonjour! I am interested in finding a French conversational computer program and/or downloadable i-pod program fro my French III student, to aid with conversational skills. Any suggestions from anyone who has real experience with any of the programs out there?</p>

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<p>My daughter used to listen to French radio stations over the internet for practice.</p>

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<p>Not a computer program but a set of videos developed for TV: French in Action. It’s very enjoyable.
<a href=“http://www.fourmilab.ch/francais/lfrench.html[/url]”>http://www.fourmilab.ch/francais/lfrench.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>We used Pimsleur to help learn German, and liked it a lot. They make it in French, too - Their level III conversational French is $345. However, our library carries it, and offers it as a download. (Can’t copy it, though, to an i-pod or anything else.) Maybe your library does, too.</p>

<p>My H learned quite a bit of German just getting the library CD editions and listening in his car.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help thus far. The radio idea probably won’t help as our reception is pitiful unless we are in the car. I will look into the other suggestions. Any other ideas out there?</p>

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<p>No personal experience, though there would be if I’d stop cruising CC, show some dicipline and pop in the DVD. Rosetta Stone, in a multitude of languages has some high praise in a variety of languages, as it is both visual and auditory. </p>

<p>The best thing for language enthusiasm and solid verbal practice-Concordia Language villages, in northern Minnesota. Language immersion summer camps, in all sorts of languages. The best, if so inclined, is French Voyager. Camping, playing Voyager while on canoe trips in the great north woods, all in French. There are land based French camps as well, in culturally appropriate architecture. Kids come out of those camps with more love of language, and solid practice, than a HS class can usually inspire. My Ds went for a few years, and love those camps, as well as their French.</p>

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<p>The cd “Pronounce it perfectly” is quite good and cheap. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Pronounce-Perfectly-French-Audio-Packages/dp/0764177737[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Pronounce-Perfectly-French-Audio-Packages/dp/0764177737&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You can listen to French language radio OVER THE INTERNET.
<a href=“http://www.listenlive.eu/france.html[/url]”>http://www.listenlive.eu/france.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks all…have found “Pimsleur” and “French in Action” at the local library…also found out Pimsleur is downloadable in our area. I’ll try out the radio suggestion. Already knew about Concordia Camps…looked into it but can only afford to send D to one camp a year and she chooses a specialty athletic camp. Appreciate everyones suggestions :-)</p>