Rola French: Level 1 - Softcover

Rocha, Edward Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1087860601 ISBN 13: 9781087860602

Publisher: Rola Corporation, 2021

Synopsis

If your goal is to jumpstart your progress in learning the French language by building vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills, Rola Languages' French: Level 1 book is for you!

This guided workbook was crafted with the real-life classroom experience in mind and features lessons that focus on specific areas, easy-to-follow instructions, an abundance of practice activities, and more!

In Rola's French: Level 1 book you will find:

• 6 Unique and Informative Chapters: Each chapter focuses on a set of vocabulary and grammar concepts that give you the tools to start speaking French in a practical way.
• Contextual Vocabulary: Each chapter leads with vocab introductions and translations which are also present within the readings and exercises that follow.
• French Perspective: This book presents vocabulary, grammar and contextual examples according to rules and patterns of European French.
• Multidisciplinary and Interactive Sections: Each chapter consists of 7 sections focused on the areas of vocabulary, grammar, readings, exercises, and review.
• Real-Life Context: Readings are incorporated throughout to provide situational context and help build comprehension skills.
• Practice Exercises: Each chapter has guided lessons to put your learning to the test and build on the skills and concepts acquired.
• Rola Résponse Rapide: Each chapter ends with a section that reviews the material and puts the concepts learned together; a cornerstone of the Rola Method.
• Answer Key: An answer key is included in the back of the book, allowing the user to check their progress along the way.

The Rola Method is a progressive teaching method that promotes fluency through repetition. With the needs of our adult students in mind, it was designed to increase retention and confidence.

Our method focuses on 3 parts and is reflected in the structure and exercises:

1. Vocabulary Building/Repetition
2. Verb Drills/Grammar
3. General Conversation/Fluency

This textbook provides a solid foundation of basic vocabulary and grammatical structure of the French language, including real-life examples to help contextualize concepts learned for day-to-day application. With this workbook, you will be well on your way to becoming a French speaker in no time!

About this title

About the Author

Edward Rocha is the founder and President of Rola Corporation and director of Rola Languages. He graduated from Harvard College in 2006 with his Bachelors in Government, and then obtained a Masters in Management from Boston University in 2008, with a concentration in Banking and Finance. Ed is fluent in English and Spanish and a student of French, Portuguese and Mandarin with nearly 15 years of language teaching experience. After privately tutoring Spanish for many years and living abroad in Argentina and Spain, he fell in love with the idea of a language school, and as an avid entrepreneur and language and communications specialist, Ed was determined to build such a community in Boston. He formalized his teaching method and thus, Rola Languages was born in 2008. Rola Languages is now a part of Rola Corporation, an international education company focused on creating a global brand with 3 education companies, through curriculum development, consulting, and partnerships. Rola promotes its system called the Rola Method, and applies it to course development and teaching in areas of language, communications, and professional development.

From the Back Cover

If your goal is to jumpstart your progress in learning the Spanish language by building vocabulary, grammar and speaking skills, Rola Languages' French: Level 1 book is for you! This guided workbook was crafted with the real-life classroom experience in mind and features lessons that focus on specific areas, easy to follow instructions, an abundance of practice activities and more!

Covered Topics Include:

• Basic conversation
• Definite & indefinite articles
• Regular present tense verbs
• Essential irregular present tense verbs
• Noun & adjective agreement

From the Inside Flap

Copyright Š 2021 by Rola Corporation
Cambridge, MA
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior express written permission from the author of this book.


Contributors:
Edward Lee Rocha
The Rola Languages Team
Caroline Pénicaud


Introduction
This guided workbook was crafted with real-life classroom experience in mind and features lessons that focus on specific areas, easy to follow instructions, an abundance of practice activities and more!
Each chapter focuses on a set of vocabulary and grammar concepts that give you the tools to start speaking French in a practical way by introducing vocabulary translations that are present within the readings and exercises that follow. This book presents a global perspective of the French language including key information about French from France, but focuses on the broader view of the French-speaking world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rola Corporation
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1087860601
• ISBN 13: 9781087860602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122