<p>I just got off the phone with my college freshman daughter who needs to pick up French on her own (the best course for her is only offered in the summer). She talked to her advisor who is the linguist variant of Egyptologist and he advised her to use Assimil. Apparently this is a very popular language series in Europe; you supposedly learn by devoting 30 minutes a day. He says it works very well.</p>
<p>I thought someone else might be interested.</p>