In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Learning French, Fifth Edition, the CD is all new and can be used either with or without the book. -  The all-new CD can be used to follow along with the book or by itself.-  French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents and remains the most commonly used language after English.-  French as a foreign language is the second most frequently taught and spoken in the world after English.-  Entire chapter on travel.- Entire chapter on idioms.- Entire chapter on gender.- Entire chapter on weather.

 Because it is the second most spoken language in the world after English, French continues to be among the most popular foreign languages for native English speakers. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Learning French, Fifth Edition, couches the more academic topics, such as verb tenses, in useful travel-themed chapters dealing with everything from shopping, renting cars, banking, making a phone call, visiting a doctor, going to the post office, to banking.   .