Tracy D. Terrell Mary Rogers Betsy Kerr,
University of Minnesota Guy Spielmann,
Georgetown University
ISBN: 0073386456 Copyright year: 2013
New to this Edition
Connect French (www.mhconnectfrench.com) is McGraw-Hill’s powerful online learning platform that includes the eBook, the online Cahier d’exercices, an audio/video chat feature, all digital resources, a reporting feature, instructor’s resources, and more.
Les Francophones sur le vif textbook readings and related documentary-style video segments feature real French people, not actors, who are of different ages and backgrounds. In the video interviews, they use authentic language to talk about who they are and what they do, in settings and situations that match our chapter themes.
Grammar Tutorials taught by an animated instructor focus on 17 key structure points that students typically struggle with in the introductory French course. Each tutorial is followed by a brief assessment.
More Activités have been added to practice vocabulary and communication skills throughout the book and additional Exercices have been provided to practice challenging grammar points such the passé composé and direct and indirect object pronouns.
À la rencontre des arts highlights the contributions of French and Francophone artists to the arts—theater, poetry, literature, painting, photography, and music.
The Pour résumer activities (À vous de parler, À vous de lire, and À vous d'écrire) allow students to synthesize their knowledge and demonstrate their ability to use the chapter vocabulary and grammar communicatively.
The À vous de lire section features six new authentic readings in Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 13, including song lyrics, a blog page, cartoon strips, etc. All readings now include pre- and post-reading activities.
The La Francophonie en chansons instructor’s annotation in every chapter lists two or three songs that are related to the chapter themes. Suggestions for how to use songs in the classroom are in the Instructor’s Manual.
The Langue en mouvement feature has been updated and reformatted to include an application activity for every text.
2013