Champs-Elysees is without question the best audio magazine around and superbly practical to listen to when you are driving somewhere and want to 'tune in' to the French radio that you don't have. Its is an excellent way to pick up French expressions, the correct accent and get your head around the way that French is spken at the normal speed without any concessions to foreigners. The whole point, which is not available on French TV, is being to listen to the same CDs over and over again until you understand EVERYTHING. This is a kind of brainwashing that really stuffs the language into your resistant brain, and in the best possible way too! It is a great shame that Champs-Elysees has 'gone off the air' for now and I just hope that it is not permanent. I have looked far and wide and there is really nothing else to compare to it. Surely in this big wide world there should be at least ONE supplier who can deliver this very useful learning tool. How shall we manage without you?

I'm lstarting to learn french so this audio books are very important for me....

I was almost fluent in French about 20 years ago, but lost a lot over the years without any practice. I absolutely love this series! To me, the Champs Elysees Plus, is the only way to go. I start with that CD, and listen to it over and over and over until the stories and excercises become routine. When I'm understanding everything just by listening, then I pick up the booklet and listen to the CD while following along. I find myself thinking and repeating phrases at other points during the day. The little things like the order of words, or masc./fem. seem to eventually sound right or wrong (versus memorizing those rules). It's a great way to learn, probably close to the way a language is originally learned. And as an added bonus, the topics are current and interesting!