How long does it take to read The Berlitz Self-teacher, French?
Berlitz Schools of Languages of America
The Berlitz Self-teacher, French by Berlitz Schools of Languages of America takes about 5 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 286 pages, about 78,650 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Berlitz Self-Teacher series is very helpful in introducing and immersing the reader in a new language. Lessons are built on real-life conversational Spanish, the type you would encounter on the street among friends and acquaintances. Particularly useful is the pronunciation guide, which avoids the distortion English speakers usually impose on the Spanish language. For example, "N'est" and "Le" are properly pronounced "neh" and "luh" and not "nay" or "lay" as English speakers would probably say it. Early chapters start out slow, and build on previous chapters as the book progresses.
Subjects: Self-instruction, Conversation and phrase books, English
