The "Arc-en-ciel" four-stage, wide-ability French course is for beginners in middle and secondary schools through to pupils sitting GCSE and Standard Grade exams. Addressing the full range of Levels of Attainment and Programmes of Study specified by the National Curriculum, it emphasizes genuine communicative competence, and authentic French is introduced right at the beginning. Each stage of the course shows how French works, gives information about its cultural and historical background and explains points of grammar in context. Opportunities for group activities and assignments as well as pair and group work, arise throughout. This is one of the Stage 4 components, which consist of a pupil's book, a teacher's file, repromasters, cassettes, OHP transparency repromasters and a grammar book.

 

 

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Marie-Therese Bougard is an experienced author and producer of audio resources for French. Helen Smith still gets a thrill from seeing her work in print, even after more than 20 years as an illustrator. She hopes that today's children will share her books with their own children in years to come