without being childish these books are excellent to teach yourself a new language to help you get by on a holiday. Comes complete with flashcards, stickers, audio CD and a menu decoder within the main book. Plenty of opportunity to practise new words including conjugating essential verbs to make yourself understood when you go on holiday, An easy pronunciation guide is always supplied and together with the Cd, enable you to speak the language, ask for directions etc. Its always appreciated that you try to speak their language.