When I set out to design French Uncovered, my main aim was
to set it apart from every other French course. The way I've
done that is to base the entire course around a story, and,
in fact, the course syllabus itself emerges from the
story.
Let me explain...
Most French courses are structured by taking a bunch of
grammar rules, putting them together in a certain order,
then teaching them to you one-by-one in a series of lessons.
This is dull, and ineffective. In this course, we do things
differently. In this course, you learn through
'StoryLearning'. This means you focus on relaxing, reading,
and enjoying the plot of the story. The 'serious study'
happens another way!
Rather than teaching you through a process of grammar rules,
followed by tests, here's what we do instead. First, our
French teacher makes sure you see the grammar being used
naturally in the story itself. This way, you get to learn
how it works in a natural way. Second, you discover the
rules by yourself... with a little help from the teacher!
Story first. Rules later. This makes learning much more
effective.
This means you get to enjoy learning French first and
foremost, rather than get bogged down in technicalities from
the start. (Yes... it's fun!)
Doesn't that sound more exciting than your last textbook?
At every stage of the course, you’ll be immersed in real
French - both the written story and the audiobook. This
means that by the time you finish the course, not only will
you have read an entire book in French, but you’ll have a
large vocabulary, so you can express yourself fully in
conversation. You will also have had many hours of listening
practice, so that following spoken French will be
effortless.
"I have been listening to the French story for a few weeks now. There is so much that I now recognize in everyday French that I didn't get in my formal lessons. I have gained so much from this program. I don't want it to end!"