Evelyne Amon

Judith A. Muyskens

Alice Omaggio Hadley

Alice C. Omaggio

This work includes a revised multimedia package and updated cultural information presented in the Correspondence feature and in the new Bienvenue dans le monde francophone feature that recurs after every four chapters in the text. Its overall aim is to promote a balanced four-skills approach to learning French through a variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, while introducing students to the diversity of the francophone world.

Beginning French

Vis-A-Vis

An Invitation to French. Instructor's edition

Rendez-vous

Claudine Chalmers

The sixth edition of Rendez-vous offers a complete beginning college-level French program, as it leads students to explore the richness of the French language and Francophone cultures. Our aim has been to retain key features that were praised in our previous editions, while introducing a fully integrated and revised multimedia package. The overall goal of this new edition remains as always to provide students with the basic tools of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, along with abundant and varied opportunities for practicing French in communicative and interactive contexts. Emphasizing French within a cultural context and as it is spoken in authentic, everyday situations, Rendez-vous strives to develop proficiency in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the French-speaking world.

An Invitation to French

Vis-a-vis

Alice C. Omaggio Hadley

Vis-à-vis engages students with its unique integration of contemporary culture and communicative building blocks, providing tools to build a solid foundation in introductory French. Building communicative competence with Vis-à-vis One of the major challenges of the introductory language course is to give each student ample exposure to the language and sufficient opportunity to practice speaking, both in and out of the classroom. To parallel print versions of the text and Workbook/Laboratory Manual, we offer the same content on the Connect platform, where students have full access to the eBook, online Workbook/Laboratory Manual activities, LearnSmart, and all accompanying audio and video resources. In Vis-à-vis, the following resources work together to promote communicative competence: Interactive vocabulary presentations (Paroles) include audio recordings, allowing students to listen, record, and practice new vocabulary outside of class. Interactive activities for vocabulary and grammar, many of which are auto-graded, give students the opportunity to complete their assignments and come to class better prepared to participate in paired and group activities. Prononcez bien! activities include a recording feature and provide students with opportunities for discrete-word and contextualized practice that help students develop confidence in their speaking abilities. Recordings of lively mini-dialogues featuring the blog characters give students a spirited introduction to the new grammatical structure in context. Seventeen Grammaire interactive tutorials, each with a brief practice quiz, focus on structures that students typically struggle with, such as passé compose vs. imparfait. LearnSmart modules for vocabulary and grammar are available specifically for Vis-à-vis. This powerful adaptive tool helps students pinpoint their weaknesses and gives them an individualized study program based on their results. Audio prompts for vocabulary and grammar help students strengthen both their listening and writing skills. With these powerful tools, students have many opportunities to build their communicative skills, and instructors save valuable class time for interactive practice. Building cultural competence with Vis-à-vis The program''s meaningful and extensive exploration of the rich culture of France and the Francophone world is fully supported throughout the program. Each four-chapter segment of Vis-à-vis focuses on a new French or Francophone character and region. The personal online journal entries in Le blog de..., the related Reportage, and the Bienvenue... readings that precede Chapter 1 and follow Chapters 4, 8, 12, and 16, expose students to contemporary language and the vast diversity of life and culture in France, Canada, Tunisia, and beyond. Le videoblog de... and the stunning Bienvenue video segments feature the bloggers and give students a window into the sights and sounds of eight different French-speaking regions/countries including France, Martinique, and Tahiti. Each video is accompanied by comprehension and cross-cultural comparison activities that encourage students to make connections between their culture and those of the French-speaking world. A brand-new feature has been added below the Reportage, entitled Le Micro-trottoir. Le micro-trottoir provides students a chance to see everyday language in action through recorded "man-on-the-street" interviews featuring a diverse group of people. The interview questions are provided in the text and students will hear the interviewees respond to these questions in the video. Instructors can use these questions as a pre-viewing activity or have students ask and answer them after they watch the video. Additional activities based on the interviews are available in Connect. In the 7th edition, we also added a new feature entitled Sondages to all even-numbered chapters. Sondages are culture-based activities in which students look at statistics about French life and compare to their own lives. The results could serve as a basis for an end-of-semester cross-cultural comparison project.

Beginning French (student Edition) 7e

Vis-A-vis

This integrated and revised multimedia package promotes a balanced four-skills approach to learning French through a wide variety of listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.

Vis-à-Vis

The third edition of "Vis-à -vis" includes a fully integrated and revised multimedia package, as well as updated cultural information presented in the "Correspondance" feature (chapter-opening letter, postcard, or e-mail message that is answered in the mid-lesson "Correspondance" cultural pages) and in the new "Bienvenue dans le monde francophone" feature. The overall goal of the text is to promote a balanced four-skills approach to learning French through a wide variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the Francophone world.

Vis-a-Vis

The third edition ofVis-Ã -viscontinues the excitement of the innovative second edition with a fully integrated and revised multimedia package and updated cultural information presented in the â€œCorrespondanceâ€ feature (chapter opening letter, postcard, or e-mail, which is answered in the mid-lesson â€œCorrespondanceâ€ cultural spread) and in the new â€œBienvenue dans le monde francophoneâ€ feature that recurs after every four chapters in the text. The overall goal of the revision remains the same as that of the second edition: to promote a balanced four-skills approach to learning French through a wide variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the Francophone world.

Vis-à-vis

Alice C. Omaggio-Hadley

The second edition of Vis-à-vis continues the excitement of the innovative first edition with a fully integrated and revised multimedia package and an exciting Correspondance feature (chapter opening letter, postcard or e-mail, which is answered in the mid-lesson Correspondance cultural spread) presented throughout the text. The overall goal of the revision, which was shaped by the extensive user feedback, remains the same as that of the first edition: to promote a balanced four-skills approach to learning French through a wide variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the Francophone world.

Judith A. Muyskens

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