tu-vous

Can someone please explain why - sadly! - the "tu" version has been used so much throughout the new audio lessons. I am an adult learner and I would most definitely not be allowed to use "tu" where I live. No one except the rather young would be going to France to tutoyer, one is not going to France to speak to one's mate in French one is going to speak to French people who are strangers. Too much english is being spoken by Paul who makes himself the principal actor in this series. I would have preferred to hear a proper French accent and a lot more from Claire. I am well aware that, like anywhere else, France has dozens of accents but there must be one type that is used by broacasters and TV presenters using clear and correct pronunciation and which should be the one used to teach French. Please could I suggest - for the future - some dictation - so that we students could learn to listen without seeing and then to write what we are hearing. I have yet to find a French online course that takes the French student to the advanced level. I am not at the advanced level myself but would dearly love to buy that level if it were offered and I would suppose I would not be alone in wanting that. Thank you for reading my opinions, even although you may not have wanted to hear them.

Hi Penny The French team are away at the moment but I will endeavor to give my take on your points. They certainly are valid points and I will try to outline our thinking behind the way we made the course. 1. tu-vous: We debated long and hard about this one and in the end went for the more casual approach as that is the type of course that we wanted to make. There are pros and cons for going either way but we think the grammar lessons cover the use of vous very well. 2. The first few interactive audio course (IAC) lessons have more English spoken as we are trying to explain things in more depth early on. An absolute beginner will need that so that they do not get lost and become unmotivated. I would recommend trying a few of the later IAC lessons. 3. The "Conversations" and "Rocket Reviews" IAC tracks should be good practice if you wanted dictation. There is also the "Random Audio" button in the grammar lessons that you could use for the same purpose. 4. We will be surveying existing Rocket French customers soon to get more feedback on the course and to see what an Advanced Course should have. It will be coming soon! I hope this addresses your issues, if not then please either email me direct or post here!

Hi Penny, thank you for your feedback. Even though we decided to use a more casual approach in our Interactive Audio Course we still use the formal vous in over half of the lessons. We cover a variety of situations where you would use vous rather than tu, like making a reservation for a hotel room, ordering in a restaurant, introducing yourself to strangers and much more... All the best for your French learning! Nathalie

Salut, I have to agree about Paul talking alot in each session it drags on alot. This is especially when You want to skip back and forward to review pronunciation, etc. However on the other hand ive now learned to block him out while i practice the correct pronunciation as he talks. A good trick is to slightly turn the volume down while you practice and before you know you've got it! Just take your time with it and it will sink in.

Bonjour! Everyone is a particular world and all of us may be right on the same issue. For me this is an excellent course! Félicitations!

I have also sent a message re the use of 'tu' and 'vous'. The chances are the most students when visiting France or talking to others in that language, will never use 'tu'. I am an intermediate user of French, but do think there is still a lot to be learned from the Rocket course. Even though I am semi-fluent, I have learnt something in the 6 day free course! Actually, it is more a correction of something I always mis-said! Margaret

Hi there, the More Rocket French Interactive Audio Course, the sequel to Rocket French, not only has more lessons on the use of "vous vs tu" and some super formal conversation, it also has different speakers to get you used to different accents. Enjoy