Ouvertures: Cours Intermediaire de Francais

NEW FEATURES
*NEW textbook design! Based on student and instructor surveys the focal points of this revision were design, teachability, and a much more student-friendly format.
*UPDATED reading selections! The readings were replaced based on user surveys, readability, and student interest. New readings appear in chapters 5, 8, and 9.
*NEW testing cassette! The new testing cassette accompanies the Instructor's Resource Manual and works with the listening comprehension sections of the print test banks.
*NEW text-specific Web site! This site will reinforce the outstanding cultural presentation of the textbook.
*NEW text-specific video program! The video enhances the language functions and culture of the textbook.
*UPDATED to reflect the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning! The Standards are organize into five goal areas: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. Working in collaboration with professional organizations such as the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), among others, ACTFL launched the National Standards in its 1996 volume, Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21stCentury.

HALLMARK FEATURES
A process-writing approach. Students use this approach to write their composition assignments, helping them to brainstorm vocabulary, create plans, and write and revise drafts.
Contrastive approach to culture. Proficiency in French is built through the use of authentic materials and tasks, as well as through interactive activities
A two-step grammar presentation. Grammaire de base quickly reviews grammar points generally covered in first-year French courses, and Structure explains and practices new grammar points

PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Instructor
Tapescript 0-03-029041-4
NEW! Text-specific Video Program (VHS) 0-03-029063-5
NEW! Instructor's Resource Manual with Testing Cassette 0-03-028918-1
NEW! Instructor's Web site
Student
Student Text w/Listening CD 0-03-028933-5
Student Activities Manual (WBK/LAB) 0-03-028958-0
NEW! Lab Manual Audio CDs 0-03-028971-8
Lab Manual Cassettes 0-03-028984-X
NEW! World Wide Web Site

Immerse yourself in the French-speaking world

When you immerse yourself in the French-speaking world, you become engaged in the language. Francophone culture not only draws you in with its richness and vibrancy; it’s also the best vehicle for mastering the language.

That’s why Siskin, Field, and Storme’s Fourth Edition of Ouvertures uses culture as an organizing principle. Ouvertures integrates culture into the teaching of all five skills—speaking, grammar, listening, reading, and writing. These skills provide the basis for exploring the cultures of the francophone world.

Features

• Cultural themes serve as unifying elements within each chapter. New readings update the cultural focus of the text, and new cultural sections (Notions de culture) expand the chapter themes.

• The text presents a manageable amount of material while paying thorough attention to all five skills.

• New, realia-based exercises (À la loupe) encourage you to think critically.

• The text’s process-writing approach to composition assignments helps you brainstorm vocabulary, create plans, and write and revise drafts.

• A two-step grammar presentation first quickly reviews grammar points generally covered in first-year French courses, and then explains and practices new grammar that you need at the intermediate level of French.

The Complete Ouvertures package:

• Lab Audio CDs to accompany the Lab Manual portion of the Activities Manual (ISBN: 0-471-77415-4)

• Activities Manual including the Workbook, Lab Manual, and Workbook Answer Key (ISBN: 0-471-47865-2)

• Ouvertures DVD (ISBN: 0-471-77211-9)

• Password-protected Instructor's Book Companion Website including the Online Instructor's Manual www.wiley.com/college/siskin

• Student's Book Companion Website www.wiley.com/college/siskin