Bien-dire Initial (Exclusive Half-Year Subscription Offer)

Now you can improve or maintain your French with Bien-dire Initial, the bi-monthly audio magazine for beginner to intermediate learners of French.

Published six times a year, Bien-dire Initial not only helps you improve your fluency, it also helps you understand what it is to be French.

Bien-dire Initial - The Printed Magazine

The 52-page glossy magazine is packed full of lively articles and in-depth interviews about France and French culture. There are regular features on a range of topics including travel, business, the arts, cinema, politics, sport, cuisine, popular culture, plus profiles on leading personalities and issues making the news.

Alongside each article in French key words and phrases are glossed into English. Every feature is carefully chosen and graded for difficulty so you can assess your progress. Each article will keep you up to date with idiomatic expressions as well as practical information about contemporary life in France.

Bien-dire Initial - The Audio (CD or MP3)

The accompanying CD, or audio download, is the perfect tool for improving listening comprehension and building confidence in speaking French. Put together by a team of professional narrators, each 60-minute of audio provides well-paced readings of the key articles from the magazine, together with pronunciation and intonation exercises. The audio component of the subscription will enable you to improve significantly your ability to understand French as it's really spoken.

What's more, because it’s a periodical, your study of French is always maintained and you won’t forget what you’ve worked so hard to learn; this is why Bien-dire Initial has quickly become an invaluable, authentic resource for thousands of teachers and students alike.

Exclusive Half-Year Subscription Offer!

Subscribe today for half a year (three audio magazines, one every two months) at just $79 on magazine+CD (or $79 on magazine+MP3) and you will receive an extra issue worth over $25 for FREE – that’s four issues for the price of three! In addition, all shipping and handling is free! Please bear in mind that this 3-issue subscription offer is a one-off promotion (subscription term is normally for one year ie six issues) and will expire in 30 days, so don’t delay subscribe TODAY!

No Quibble Money-Back Guarantee

We think you’ll find Bien-dire Initial to be the best way to maintain or improve your proficiency in French, but if it is not for you, for any reason at all, we'll refund the entire cost of your subscription on a 'no questions asked' basis and what’s more, you can keep your first issue - all we ask is that you let us know within two months of receiving your first issue.