Something exciting is happening today. No, it’s not just Friday. Benny Lewis of Fluent in 3 Months is releasing four new language guides: Why Chinese Is Easy, Why English Is Easy, Why Italian Is Easy, and Why French Is Easy. Why German Is Easy and Why Spanish Is Easy have already been available for some time now, but I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak of these and the new guides! For today’s post I’m going to focus on Why French Is Easy, but the format of each guide is similar so a lot of what I say will be relevant if you’re considering purchasing the other language guides.

I started learning French from about age 9. This means that I’ve now been learning French for…*calculating*…at least 16 years. I may have been 8. I forget. When you say you’ve been learning a language for 16 years, I have to admit, it sounds kind of impressive. But let’s look at this from another angle. The first 2 and a half years were spent learning cat, dog, blue, green. Because that’s how the 90s decided languages should be taught to children. And then at secondary school? I pretty much did cat, dog, blue, green for another 3 years. Because not everyone in the 90s had decided languages should be taught to children. So we started again for the sake of everyone who had no French in primary school. Then shizzle got real, and I spend the next 4 years scratching my head as various teachers explained why it’s je suis allé instead of j’ai allé AND why as a girl, I had to add an extra ‘e’ at the end of je suis allé but not at the end of j’ai mangé. POOF! Mind well and truly blown. And not in a good way.

What I’m trying to say here is that 16 years a perfect French speaker doth not maketh. You could be speaking brilliant French in far less time than it took me. Why French Is Easy is a great way to speed up that process. Why? Let’s take a closer look.

What do you get?

Ok, so here’s the deets. You get the Why French Is Easy eBook in 3 formats (PDF, ePub, Mobi), Device Set Up Guide, and Sample Daily Schedule. So let’s look at each of these one by one…

Why French Is Easy eBook

So chances are you’ll probably dive right into this first, which isn’t a bad move. The book starts with a personal account of Benny’s experiences with French, and is followed by four well-structured sections.

Part 1 is all about getting started, focusing on the right attitude and approach to your French so you’re feeling pumped before you get into it all.

Part 2 is about speaking French. This is a meaty guide to the kind of things I had to pick up myself over 16 long years – when to say a letter, when to not say a letter, when words blend – all of that stuff is here. In one place. From the start of your French language learning journey. Amazing.

Part 3 is about grammar. Argh! Grammar! I have to admit I’ve acquired a hefty pile of French grammar books over the years. And you know what? A lot of this you don’t need to fill your pretty brain with, at least not from the early stages. Benny has hand-picked the awkward stuff, the major stumbling blocks, and focused solely on ways to make things easier on yourself. Phew.

Finally, part 4 covers words, and in particular, tips for learning vocabulary. Always rather useful.

Device Set Up Guide

Also included in the Why French is Easy language guide, is the Device Set Up Guide. This is a handy bonus if you’re not too tech savvy as it takes you through step-by-step how to get your digital life prepped for some extra language practise throughout your daily life.

Daily Schedule

Speaking of daily life, (See what I did there? Nice transition, huh?) there’s ANOTHER(!) bonus: the Sample Daily Schedule. This gives you plenty of ideas as to how you can incorporate language learning into your daily life without actually changing much. Because let’s face it, a lot of us don’t have much room for manoeuvre when it comes to our daily routines. This bonus is about adding languages into your day rather than having to clear other things to make way for languages, which is a brilliant approach.

I want!

Fancy getting your hands on the new guides? You’re in luck! Click below for the language guide you’re interested in.

But, if you’re just after the individual guides, here are the links to those, depending on which language you’re after.
Why French is Easy
Why Spanish is Easy
Why English is Easy
Why German is Easy
Why Italian is Easy
Why Chinese is Easy

What’s more you can support Lindsay Does Languages by purchasing the guides too, as the links in this article are affiliate links.