maize Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 AOP has their Monarch French courses on sale for $20. I'm wondering if anyone has tried a Monarch language course? I'm especially wondering what level/kind of religious content they might have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 https://www.aop.com/frenchsale?utm_source=aopnetalert20170213&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enews&utm_content=sjkris@yahoo.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) I have not used the French course, but we did use AOP LifePac Spanish. I don't recall any religious content. They present the spanish word for church, just as they present the spanish words for library, home, school, etc. It has been 2 years since we last used it, so I might not be remembering everything. But, nothing jumps out at me. You can call AOP customer service or Rainbow Resource customer service and ask. They are both very kind and helpful places Edited February 13, 2017 by HollyDay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Bump. I'm interested too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Duolingo french is not working for the 6th grader. Not enough structure to keep him focused and on track. Cathy's review seem neutral. Great price, but I will probably pass. cathyduffyreviews.com › ... › Preschool Through Grade 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathy_overman Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 This seems like a great deal! It may be worth a try because there is a 30 day money back guarantee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 For 20.00 you may as well try it,... BUT IMO we have tried two Monarch courses now, and we found the structure and LMS very very good, but the content was not so good. You'll have to see. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Sale ends tomorrow. I'm still on the fence. Did anyone but it yet who could comment? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Maize, is your student just taking two years, or four years of French for high school credit? Does your student hope to become semi fluent, to travel to France, or work in the culinary arts, or the fashion industry or travel to Paris for ballet, etc.? I am asking because I think foreign language is pretty hard to do on *really well* one's own, without an online class or excellent well written textbook that lay's EVERYTHING out. I opted for online German for my son because his "target" university requires four years. To do four years of foreign language, the first two years have to really be very very solid. The first two years are not **too** hard....you are basically focusing on greetings, household, food, simple verb conjugations (the verbs to be, to have, to do, to eat, to drink, to buy/purchase, etc.) The first two years are VERY vocab-heavy while the last two years are VERY conjugation-heavy..(past, past perfect, future, future perfect, and on and on)....you can pretty much get through two years even with a slightly disjoined curriculum... Is this for your oldest student born in 03? Would he/she be a 7th grader? Edited February 16, 2017 by Calming Tea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 It is actually my 11 year old who wants to learn French. I'm fluent, just swamped with everything else and not getting around to teaching him. I'm looking for something that could get him started more independently. My 13 year old wants to study German. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 What are you doing for German? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Basically I'm not really worrying about high school credits at this point (though I suppose I need to start worrying about that with oldest :) ) Mostly I just want them to have the opportunity to learn if they want to learn. They also take Chinese lessons with a tutor so can continue that language in high school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I bought levels 1 & 2 since they each are good for 18 months after activation. They have alternate tests and quizzes, so maybe I can have two kids share an account. I am not ready to activate level 1 yet, but I hope I like it! I found no reviews of the product, but people seem to like Monarch Spanish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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