French is an official language in 44 countries. It is spoken by 55 million people in France, 3 million in Belgium, 1.5 million in Switzerland, 6.5 million in Canada, and 5 million in former French + Belgian colonies. It is also an official language of the U.N. <BR><BR>Pimsleur French Level 5: A new 30-lesson course designed to be taken after Pimsleur’s French Level 4. Thirty 30-minute lessons totaling 15 hours of spoken French language learning, plus 75 minutes of reading practice, reading and hearing a short story, allowing you to read French for pleasure. Builds upon skills taught in Pimsleur's French Levels 1-4. You'll be speaking and understanding French with near fluency and with a broad range of conversational skills. In Level 5 the pace and conversation moves quite rapidly, accelerating exposure to new vocabulary and structures, approaching native speed and comprehension. You’ll learn to speak more in-depth about your personal life and emotional state, and be able to create complex sentences using a mix of tenses and moods. <BR><BR>A few of the topics included in French Level 5:<BR><BR>- Travel and leisure: weather phenomena, geography, temperatures, the environment;<BR>- Home life: real estate, furniture, appliances, clothing and laundry, cleaning, car maintenance, parties and celebrations;<BR>- Family and relationships: getting along, planning a future together, breaking up, boyfriends and girlfriends, reconnecting;<BR>- Body and health: body parts, pain, symptoms and cures, sleeping and waking, bad habits;<BR>- Personal life and emotions: empathy, regret, hope, trust and distrust, sharing, bullying and name-calling, growing older, recognizing and finding happiness.<BR><BR>A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio Reading Lessons and the User’s Guide are included. The User’s guide is also in the audio.