Vis-a-vis: Beginning French (French Edition) - Hardcover

Amon, Evelyne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0077308972 ISBN 13: 9780077308971

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2010

Synopsis

Vis-à-vis engages students with its unique integration of contemporary culture and communicative building blocks, providing the tools they need to build a solid foundation in introductory French. The proven qualities ofVis-à-vis are well known:

· an easy-to-navigate chapter structure with four lessons in which vocabulary, grammar, and culture work together as integrated units;

· an abundance of practice activities that range from form-focused to communicative;

· a balanced approach to the four skills;

· diverse coverage of the Francophone world that includes an outstanding video program featuring bloggers and cultural footage from eight different Francophone regions.

These features support the core goals of the introductory French course—communicative and cultural competence—and lay the groundwork for student success.

“Connect French” and “LearnSmart”

In its sixth edition, Vis-à-vis, continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of instructors and students by responding to feedback from these users themselves. Employing a wide array of research tools, we identified a number of areas for potential innovation. The new program builds upon the success of the fifth edition with an expanded emphasis on contemporary language, pronunciation, culture, and technology to create a truly communicative, interactive experience. On the digital side, this new edition offers Connect French and LearnSmart, with their unparalleled adaptive and digital learning resources. These powerful tools, now an integral part of the sixth edition, complement and support the goals of theVis-à-vis program and address the needs of the evolving introductory French course. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

*Connect French, including but not limited to the workbook/lab manual, LearnSmart, the video program, and chat tools, is sold separately and does not come automatically with the purchase of the textbook.

About this title

About the Author

Judith A. Muyskens is Professor of French at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches courses in methodology and French language, supervises teaching assistants, and is department head. She received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in Foreign Language Education with a minor in twentieth-century French literature. She is a coauthor of several other French textbooks.

Alice C. Omaggio Hadley, Ph.D., Ohio State University, is Associate Professor of French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is Director of Basic Language Instruction. She supervises teaching assistants and is responsible for the curriculum development, testing, and administration of the elementary and intermediate language program. She is coauthor of several French textbooks.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0077308972
• ISBN 13: 9780077308971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576