A language lifeline ... fun, fast and easy -- The Independent ... Elisabeth Smith's Instant Greek" was a real help ... the simple scripts and audio make it crystal clear ... I'm delighted with my progress. -- 'Greece' magazine 20030701 Teach Yourself Instant German": The elementsare simple and very straightforward ... strong encouragement ... plenty of opportunity for spoken practice. This course worked very well for me. -- 'Professional Manager' magazine 19990901 I am terrible with languages yet I am picking up Spanish! I found Instant Spanish" excellent! -- Helen Goddard, Devon 19990901 We have completed your Instant French". We think it is wonderful. -- Tom and Maureen Peil, Preston 19990901 It is now a year since I first came across [Instant French"] at my local library and I have benefited tremendously from this happy occurrence ... I loved the sense of humour ...Each week I did the final test with bated breath wondering if this time the little bar chart [...]would take a nose dive - but it didn't. -- Lesly Hopkins, Twickenham 19990901

Elisabeth has combined teaching languages all over the world for more than thirty years with her career as a very successful businesswoman. She wrote the first Instant title to teach her daughter to speak German and since then she has written a steady stream of best-sellers while keeping up her teaching to ensure that her books are based on first-hand experience and reflect the needs of her students.