Features:  

TeachMe! French includes a feature to assess its effectiveness; the program determines your active and passive vocabulary retention. Active vocabulary includes words that you understand and can actively use in conversation. Passive vocabulary includes words that you can understand but may not recall when conversing. Unfortunately, TeachMe! does not include lessons for a mobile device, restricting you to your computer for learning.

Fundamentals:  

TeachMe! French does well building vocabulary and demonstrating the rules of French grammar. But this program will not teach you how to carry on a conversation in French. You can evaluate your pronunciation through the speech recognition system.

Ease of Use:  

TeachMe! French was easy to use. Navigation was simple and straightforward.

Teaching Tools:  

TeachMe! French has several different categories, like French vocabulary, French grammar, French stories and French pronunciation. This French program operates in three different modes. Normal Mode is the most difficult. You must write out each French word, letter by letter. This mode works well for advanced French learners who want to polish their writing skills.

French language beginners will want to start in Auto Word Mode. With this mode, you only have to type the first letter of the word then the rest of the word is automatically filled in. Spelling and writing in another language can be difficult and frustrating for beginners, so this feature offers a helping hand.

An intresting game that helps develop your French reading comprehension is the TeachMe! French story program. With it, you read several French stories with missing words here and there, then you choose the correct words to fit the blanks. This reading practice also gives you a touch of French culture and history.

Word Tools:  

TeachMe! has basic glossary entries to help you with finding and translating difficult words.

Tech Support/Help:  

The help and help documentation for TeachMe! French are good. You can contact customer support by phone or by email. There is no FAQ section, but the help section at the beginning of TeachMe! French Review answered our questions.

TeachMe! French is easy to use and does an excellent job teaching basic grammar rules and vocabulary. But if you want to be fluent in French, there are better programs to help you.