This title provides extensive coverage of the national curriculum, and the Scottish 5-14 guidelines. It includes a systematic approach to grammar progression, with clear explanations and extensive practice. It contains: interesting topics, set in authentic contexts, from France and other French speaking countries; clear and attractively designed pages, with humorous and stimulating artwork; user-friendly vocabulary and grammar reference sections to encourage independent learning; and end of unit summaries to provide a clear learning framework. It provides full coverage of the New National Curriculum requirements. It provides more grammar activities and more emphasis on verb learning. It includes: new ICT activities, new differentiation of exercises, new "Reading for pleasure" sections, new motivating Flashcards, lively and modern Students' Book, clear presentation, and integrated assessment guidance tasks.

 

This book is part of a book series called Tricoloure .

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Sylvia Honnor is an experienced teacher of French, lecturer and coursewriter, who had previously worked for the Nuffield and Schools Council Modern Languages Project and for two Exam Boards. Michael Spencer is an experienced teacher and coursewriter of French and German materials. They have been involved with the two previous editions of the course. Sylvia Honnor has taught French to a variety of students from schools and universities. She has also been an oral examiner and a member for many years of the Modern Languages committee of a major examining board Heather Mascie-Taylor is a French teacher and an educational writer, who has extensive experience in writing French course materials.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Des jeunes francophones: giving personal information; talking about families; talking about animals; talking about using a computer; talking about and describing friends; describing everyday life. Part 2 Bienvenue a Paris!: talking about places in a town or city; understanding tourist information; saying what the weather was like; understanding how to travel by metro; describing a recent visit; giving opinions. Part 3 Ca me passione: talking about leisure activities; giving opinions; understanding time clues; comparing past and present; talking about TV, cinema and books. Part 4 Au travail!: talking about school life; discussing school subjects and options; discussing strengths and weaknesses; saying what you are going to do; discussing plans for work experience; discussing your future plans; talking about different careers; talking about events in the past, the present and the future. Part 5 Une visite a Planete Futuroscope: talking about a theme park; discussing future plans; staying at a hotel and enquiring about hotel services; understanding and discussing the weather forecast; talking about events in the past, the present and the future. Part 6 En forme: saying when you do something; discussing healthy lifestyles, healthy eating and general fitness; identifying parts of the body; buying basic medical supplies at the chemists; asking for and understanding medical advice; making an appointment at a doctor's or dentist's; giving and understanding details of an accident. Part 7 Vive les vacances!: talking about holiday plans; describing things to take on holiday; booking and staying at a campsite; coping on a self-catering holiday in a gite; dealing with some holiday problems; staying at a youth hostel. Part 8 Notre monde: understanding information about French-speaking regions in the world; talking about countries of the world; saying where a place is situated; talking about your town and area; understanding information about the environment; discussing environmental problems.