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[RachelB]

Provider: Sophia

Course: French 1
Course content: Text. Videos. Audio. Flashcards.
Familiarity with subject before course: I know some Spanish, and there's some overlap between the languages, particularly in the grammar, but the pronunciation is completely different. I've never studied French before.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: I really didn't like that they didn't start off with a pronunciation guide. That isn't introduced until after learning lots of greetings and such.

The audio files have the French, then the English, all in one file that plays through. I wanted the option to only play the French to practice pronunciation. The English translations were read with a strong French accent… sometimes could barely understand the English word. I wondered if it was done with AI, as they sounded completely unnatural.

It's a new course that still has a lot of errors in it.
1-10 Difficulty level: Unsure. I ended up dropping this class to focus on others I needed more. This was too time-consuming for me. I figured I'd review it here, anyway, in case the info can help anyone.