Learn French with French Vocab Builder Pro

Learning a French vocabulary is simple and methodical with the French Vocab Builder Pro computer program. French Vocab Builder Pro is the total solution for those who want to learn their French vocabulary. Building up your French vocabulary progressively using the French Vocab Builder Pro will develop your confidence and skill in using the French language in speaking, listening and reading.

You start with exercises structured to help you visually and aurally recognize each learned French word and its English meaning. There is also a recall test: in this test you enter the correct French learned word against a provided English meaning.

The system of learning provided in this program is unique. The program does much more than just testing your vocabulary knowledge: the French Vocab Builder Pro is designed to help you learn and recall new French words. You can use the program effectively whether you are a beginner or a more advanced student.

What you will learn

The exercises in the program are structured for progressive learning.

• Each word is introduced, together with its (English) meaning.
• The program records and remembers your progress on each word under both learning and recall methods. If you are having difficulty remembering a particular word, the Vocab Builder Pro brings that word up for review on subsequent days, until you have remembered it.
• The audio component helps you with improving your listening skills and pronunciation, and also with remembering your words.

The program gives you lots of positive reinforcement - we are sure that you will be pleased with the good progress you will make.

You will learn the le and la definite articles for all nouns.

• le jardin
• la voiture
• le billet
• la boutique
• le fils
• la fille

French idioms are included, so that you can learn them, e.g.

• à cause de
• à côté de
• à l'heure
• de bonne heure
• de temps en temps
• faire des courses
• faire du ski

For the more advanced students, there are features to help you to learn to conjugate all the tenses, and to learn all the irregular verb forms. Example sentences are also provided to help you understand how to use each verb.

All students learn the present tense conjugation of the 3 different types of regular verbs and they also will learn the present tense conjugation when they learn an irregular verb.

Regularly Conjugated Verbs - Paradigms

Pronouns	parler	finir	attendre
je (I)	parle	finis	attends
tu (you)	parles	finis	attends
il / elle (he/she)	parle	finit	attend
nous (we)	parlons	finissons	attendons
vous (you)	parlez	finissez	attendez
ils / elles (they)	parlent	finissent	attendent

Visual & Aural Recognition

Vocab Builder Pro first introduces the word with its meaning, and with the correct pronunciation being played. Here is an example using the word bonjour.

Click on the Play button (at left) to hear the word

A little later in the same session the program returns to the same word, and asks you to self-check whether you can remember its meaning. The program then records whether you were able to remember it or not (you tell it!). Words return for similar checks on later days, with the interval between checks increasing over time.

There are also multiple-choice tests to be done, with the alternative meanings based on the words you have already learnt.

Paradigms for all the conjugations for all the tenses are provided, as well as all the present tense and other irregular tenses for all irregular verbs. These are learnt in the same way as the head word: the program first introduces the conjugated form, and then later checks that you have remembered it.

When learning the irregular verbs, you can choose to also learn the present and past participles, since these are also often irregularly formed. (This is done by turning off the "Beginner" option, if it was set at start-up.)

Click on the Play button (at left) to hear the word

Finally there is a spelling test, in which you type in the box provided the word that you hear played. This is also provided for the conjugated forms. This only is activated in the program if audio is turned on in the program.

Recall

There is also a recall test: in this test you enter the learned word that matches the provided English meaning. This is a vital step in remembering your French vocabulary, as it provides a quite different way for you to remember the word, and helps you to bring it to mind when you need it.

Choosing your words

You choose which words you want to learn from predefined lists supplied with the program.

Making your own list

You can also make your own list, which you can distribute to your fellow-students, or to your pupils.

Pricing

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