"Assimil" - the instruction how to use it. I've started to learn French two weeks ago. I use Assimil method for it. Firstly I had no idea about this method and I used this book very quickly. I didn't read the notes. But then on the Internet I found the instruction how to use this method properly. The abbreviations: L1 - your language, L2 - the language you study. 1. Listen to the audio without looking at the book. 2. Listen to the audio and look at the L1 text. 3. Read the text aloud. (You should understand every sentence. If not - look at the text in L1) 4. Read the text again without looking at the L1 translation. 5. Listen to the audio twice: 1) looking at the L1 text, 2) looking at the L2 text. 6. Listen to the audio again without any text (Now try to understand the words and their meanings) 7. Listen to the audio again. Stop the audio after each sentence and repeat it aloud. 8. Read through the notes carefully several times. 9. Read "Exercises". Repeat each sentence several times. 10. Do written exercises.