Bien-dire (Exclusive 1-Year + Free Electronic French-English Dictionary Bookmark Offer)

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Product Description

Now you can improve or maintain your French with Bien-dire, the bi-monthly audio magazine for people who love France and the French language.

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

Bien-dire - The Printed Magazine

The 52-page glossy color 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 - The Audio (CD or MP3)

The accompanying audio CD (or MP3 audio download) is the perfect tool for improving listening comprehension and building confidence in speaking French. Put together by a team of professional narrators, the 60 minutes 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 has become an invaluable, authentic resource for thousands of teachers and students alike.

Bien-dire Plus - Grammar Support

If you want additional support with French grammar, Bien-dire also produce an optional, interactive, online Study Supplement, Bien-dire Plus, designed to accompany each issue of the magazine. You can add this to your subscription to Bien-dire audio magazine for just $41.95 for a year.

Exclusive 1 Year + Free Electronic French-English Dictionary Bookmark!

Subscribe today for 1 year (six magazines and CDs, one every two months) at just $135 (or $135 for six magazines and MP3 downloads) and you will receive an Electronic Bilingual French-English Bookmark* worth $39.99 for FREE! That's on top of $15 off the published price of Bien-dire (normal price $150) and no additional charges for shipping and handling! Alternatively, subscribe to both Bien-dire and Bien-dire Initial (12 magazines in total, six of each on alternate months) and save over 42%! Please bear in mind that this special subscription offer is a one-off promotion and will expire in 30 days, so don’t delay, subscribe TODAY!

*The Electronic Bilingual French-English Bookmark is a robust, fully featured, easy to use, electronic dictionary incorporating the best-selling Collins Gem French-English Bilingual Dictionary; it is designed in a portable format that slips easily onto the page of a book or into a bag or pocket and, of course, it works beautifully for bookmarking your book or your copy of Bien-dire magazine!

No Quibble Money-Back Guarantee

We think you’ll find Bien-dire 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.

  • Language

    French

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Audiomagazine Issn

    1277-2690

  • Subscription Length

    6 issues (one year)

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  1. My students love Bien Dire: it provides them with continuous learning
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    I regularly use Bien Dire with my students. It is an excellent learning aid for my intermediate French students. The magazine is well structured and illustrated and it has a clear user-friendly layout. It is well thought out, for example, a colour-coded system indicates the level of each article or exercise. This offers students the option to work through the articles from the simplest to the more complex and in doing so gives them a sense of progress. The content of Bien Dire is both varied and up to date. The articles cover a wide range of themes ranging from tourism, history, food, contemporary life in France, to major political stories and even a little celebrity news. The articles give a really good, up to the minute, snap shot of life in France with all the key words and expressions highlighted in the glossary sections that go with each article. My students love Bien Dire: it provides them with continuous learning in between my 1-to-1 lessons with them. They enjoy the topics and find the vocabulary lists very helpful.

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  2. I love Bien-dire
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    And, just one more word. I LOVE BIEN DIRE. I am so happy to have found you. Thanks for putting out such a wonderful publication,
    Ronda Bellsey, subscriber.

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  3. Perfect for me and perhaps for you too!
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    I am totally in accord with the first review.

    Being over 70 I have some difficulty remembering but being able to go over each article several times, with and without the CD, my French is definitely improving. I have found all the various articles interesting and the levels at which they are presented are ideal for me ('O' Level) at school + Commercial French in College (1959!) and speaking French (always) when on holiday. I get by but I know my syntax is sometimes poor and vocabulary lacking. Level 2 articles are comfortable, Level 2+ are a stretch and Level 3 are difficult but not enough to prevent me working at it. Already after only three weeks with my first magazine I feel I have made great leaps forward.

    I am not connected with the magazine in any way. This review is genuine!
    Thanks, Bien-Dire, I'm delighted with my purchase.

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  4. I am totally addicted to this excellent and enjoyable product
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    I’m really delighted to have discovered Bien Dire. I would strongly recommend Bien Dire to everyone with a knowledge of basic French grammar and vocabulary and who wants to get a real taste of French culture and a chance to really enjoy learning more.

    The articles are varied, and interesting, and the high production standards of the artwork and photos make the experience of learning a real pleasure. Most of the articles are far too short to let you get bored, and the more in-depth ones really make you feel you understand fascinating aspects of French culture and history.

    After just a week of studying every day with Bien Dire, I found a noticeable difference. I was able to watch programmes on TV5, and follow many more programmes than previously.

    I soon found my own way of studying Bien Dire, which is to study 2 pages a day, making notes on all new vocabulary. And the following day, I would revisit what I had learned previously, by listening to the CDs on my MP3 player. This I do on the bus or tube, during coffee-breaks, even when jogging.

    I am totally addicted to this excellent and enjoyable product. Each magazine and CD represents many hour's worth of enjoyable study at my own pace, and is a magazine and audio CD I will keep for a long time. And yet each issue is half the price of an hour with a private French tutor.

    For someone like me who enjoys being in France and talking in French, it feels literally life-changing. Thanks again. I must also say the staff at Language Direct have been very helpful and friendly.
    Brendan Riley

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