Voila!: An Introduction to French (with Audio CD) (World Languages) - Hardcover

Heilenman, L. Kathy; Kaplan, Isabelle; Toussaint Tournier, Claude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1428231315 ISBN 13: 9781428231313

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2009

Synopsis

Voila! is a user-friendly introductory program that allows students to communicate meaningfully in French while encouraging them to interact with and respond to French and francophone cultures and literatures. Renowned for its balance and integration of language learning and culture, Voila! continues to emphasize skills acquisition through progressive vocabulary and grammar activities, integrated culture, authentic spoken French, and literature--a method you can rely on to give your students an ideal first course in the language and culture. The book's chapters are divided into manageable units that can be easily adjusted to fit any instruction schedule. Whether you are a novice instructor or an experienced veteran, you'll find that Voila! offers a great variety of options for meeting every instructor's needs. VOILĄ! is supported by abundant instructor and student resources, including the iLrn™: Heinle Learning Center, an all-in-one online diagnostsic, tutorial, assessment, homework, and course management system that saves you time and saves your students money, and Heinle iRadio, .mp3-ready grammar and pronunciation tutorials that support student learning.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathy Heilenman held a joint appointment in French and Italian and Foreign and English as a Second Language Education at the University of Iowa. She was co-director of the Foreign Language Acquisition, Research, and Education Program, which houses a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition.

Isabelle Kaplan recently retired from the Isabelle Kaplan Center for Languages and Cultures at Bennington College, VT. She was the Vermont President of the AATF Chapter, a member of the Executive Board of the VFLA, and a Project Director for ACTFL. She remains an active member in the foreign language community, consulting for ACTFL, the Department of Defense, and several colleges and universities. She is also an oral proficiency tester and trainer.

Claude Toussaint Tournier is College Lecturer Emerita of French and Italian at Northwestern University. He previously served as first-year French program coordinator and teaching assistant supervisor at Northwestern University.

Review:

"[Voila] is a very solid, comprehensive, and user-friendly elementary textbook that almost all students and instructors are enthusiastic about. It is easy for a novice instructor to do a very good job teaching with this book--it is my task to train new instructors at Columbia, and I can assure you that using a good, clear, reliable textbook that comes with good resources for instructors is a huge help!"

"There are numerous things...that I find positive about [Voila]. I like the characters and the images that are provided in the first part of the chapters. I like the clear explanations of grammatical structures and I like it when there are numerous activities and exercises for students to practice what they have just learned."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1428231315
• ISBN 13: 9781428231313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 576