Chez Nous: Branche Sur Le Monde Francophone : Workbook/Lab Manual - Softcover

Valdman, Albert; Pons, Cathy; Scullen, Mary Ellen; Thomas, Melissa Hicks; Rusterholz, Barbara Lomas

9780133174717: Chez Nous: Branche Sur Le Monde Francophone : Workbook/Lab Manual

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133174719 ISBN 13: 9780133174717

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1999

Available with student learning packages at the instructor's discretion, this separate booklet includes answers to all discrete and short answer exercises in the Student Activities Manual, so students can monitor their own progress.

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From the Publisher:

This complete program for beginning French offers a traditional emphasis on correct form combined with the best current innovations in language teaching -- a communicative approach, focus on the spoken language and on a functional view of language, stress on culture taken broadly to include francophone countries as well as France, and use of authentic material. Using a careful progression from skill-getting to skill-using activities and a mature treatment of francophone culture, the text and its full complement of supplementary materials -- including technology-based supplements -- help students develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills by exposing them to authentic, contemporary French and encouraging them to express themselves on a variety of topics.

From the Back Cover:

WELCOME TO CHEZ NOUS! The primary goal of this exciting first-year French program is to develop students' communicative abilities. Authentic materials provide the basis for practice in listening and reading. Writing and speaking skills are developed by means of carefully sequenced practice leading to self-expression. CHEZ NOUS introduces the diversity of the French-speaking world, provides ample opportunity to practice the language in a cultural context, and offers insights into Francophone cultures.

Highlights of the program include:

rich vocabulary presented and practiced in communicative contexts;
innovative treatment of grammar that emphasizes the spoken language and authentic discourse;
pronunciation treatments that link features to grammatical distinctions;
careful progression from skill-getting to skill-using activities;
intellectually challenging treatment of Francophone culture.

The CHEZ NOUS program offers a full range of components, including its new extensive technology program. This exciting and unique media program features a new video, an Activity CD-ROM bound into every new copy of the text, and the Companion Website™.

For the Instructor: