Eric/Sonia: Flashcards are excellent! (I have French) In fact I often have to do session flashcards BEFORE repeating a DVD lesson/session because I can HEAR the troublesome new vocabulary pronunciations easier and repeat them over,and over and over.
It really slows me down when I do many of the DVD lesson segments (like Match the Words,Match the Phrase, Write the Words, Write the Phrases You Read) and I am unclear about EXACT/CORRECT pronunciation. All programs seems great for identifying word/phrase meanings (visually) and I so enjoy the thought that has gone into creating the specific dialogs and lesson progression.
That said, Sonia says "The #1 goal is one only.....to speak French." (Sonia is awesome.) If I were her only student and she asked how we might improve the DVD for me, I would say: "Click and play (listen) options in EVERY segment of each of the lessons." ( I want to click on any French word or phrase in ALL of the lesson segments and HEAR it....over and over.)
I know you have "reasons" for every detail of these lessons, but I'm not sure why the option hearing more French is not included.
You can be sure I will remain your most loyal fan. I think your approach to language learning is progressive, imaginative and by far the best available. Thanks for your efforts.