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Horizons / Edition 6

Horizons / Edition 6

by Joan H. Manley
Horizons / Edition 6
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ISBN-10:
1285428285
ISBN-13:
2901285428283
Pub. Date:
01/01/2014
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Horizons / Edition 6

Horizons / Edition 6

by Joan H. Manley

Overview

HORIZONS is a complete elementary French program that makes learning French easier through its step-by-step skill-building methodology, flexible and accessible approach to grammar and new vocabulary, and creative and sophisticated coverage of Francophone culture. Through varied interactive activities and clear grammar explanations, the text helps students communicate effectively in French while culturally connecting them to the Francophone world. HORIZONS features a clear, easy-to-follow structure that is ideal for instructors with any level of teaching experience. HORIZONS carefully guides students Competence by Competence, through their first year of elementary French.

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ISBN-13: 2901285428283
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication date: 01/01/2014
Series: World Languages
Edition description: Bilingual
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Joan Manley is Professor Emeritus from the University of Texas at El Paso. During her 33 years as a faculty member, she gave over 100 workshops and conference presentations and authored 50 journal articles. She was a trainer and tester of the Oral Proficiency Interview, which led to the current emphasis on skill building and proficiency as exemplified in teaching programs such as HORIZONS.


Stuart Smith received her degrees and her first training and experience in teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. She has been teaching at Austin Community College since 1981 and has been authoring foreign language textbook and textbook materials since 1986.


Marc Andre Prevost received his degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. He taught seven years at The University of Texas and starting in 1986, he was a professor at Austin Community College. He has coauthored foreign language textbooks since 1986.


John McMinn-Reyna is Professor of French and Spanish at Austin Community College, where he has taught since 1986. After doing graduate studies in Romance Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin, he also worked as an editor of high school and college-level programs.

Table of Contents

Part I: LE MONDE FRANCOPHONE. Preliminaire: On commence! Regional Focus: Le monde francophone. Competence 1. Greeting people. Les formules de politesse.Les salutations famili res. Competence 2. Counting and describing your week. Les chiffres de zero a trente. Les jours de la semaine. Competence 3. Talking about yourself and your schedule. Un autoportrait. L heure. Competence 4. Communicating in class. En cours. Des expressions utiles et l alphabet. Comparaisons culturelles. L heure officielle. Part II: SUR LA C TE D AZUR. 1. l universite. Regional Focus: La France et ses regions. Competence 1: Identifying people and describing appearance. Les gens a l universite. Identifying and describing people. Les adjectifs et il est / elle est + adjectif ou c est + nom. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Using cognates and familiar words to read for the gist. Lecture: Qui est-ce? Competence 2: Describing personality. Les personnalites. Describing people: Les pronoms sujets, le verbe tre, la negation et d autres adjectifs. Asking what someone is like: Les questions. Competence 3: Describing the university area. Le campus et le quartier. Saying what there is: Le genre, l article indefini et l expression il y a. Identifying and describing people and things: C est ou il est / elle est et la place de l adjectif. Competence 4: Talking about your studies. L universite et les cours. Identifying people and things: L article defini. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 1 Comment sont-ils? LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Scanning to preview a text. Lecture: L accent grave. Pour mieux ecrire: Using and combining what you know. Composition: Un autoportrait. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Les etudes. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. 2. Apr s les cours. Regional Focus: Nice. Competence 1: Saying what you like to do. Le temps libre et les loisirs. Saying what you like to do: L infinitif. Strategies et Comprehension auditive: Pour mieux comprendre: Listening for specific information. Comprehension auditive: On sort ensemble? Competence 2: Saying how you spend your free time. Le week-end. Telling what you do, how often, and how well: Les verbes en -er et les adverbes. Telling what you do: Quelques verbes a changements orthographiques. Competence 3: Asking about someone s day. La journee. Asking for information: Les mots interrogatifs. Asking questions: Les questions par inversion. Competence 4: Going to the cafe. Au cafe. Paying the bill: Les chiffres de trente a cent et l argent. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 2 Elle est belle, non? LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Making intelligent guesses. Lecture: Aux Trois Obus. Pour mieux ecrire: Using logical order and standard phrases. Composition: Au cafe. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Les cafes en France. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. INTERLUDE MUSICAL: Je suis (Amel Bent), Chantez, chantez (Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia). Part III: EN AM RIQUE, AU QU BEC. 3. Un nouvel appartement. Regional focus: En Amerique: Le Canada et le Quebec. Competence 1: Talking about where you live. Le logement. Giving prices and other numerical information: Les nombres au-dessus de 100 et les nombres ordinaux. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Guessing meaning from context. Lecture: Un nouvel appartement. Competence 2: Talking about your possessions. Les effets personnels. Saying what you have: Le verbe avoir. Saying where something is: Quelques prepositions. Competence 3: Describing your room. Les meubles et les couleurs. Identifying your belongings: La possession et les adjectifs possessifs mon, ton et son. Indicating to whom something belongs: Les adjectifs possessifs notre, votre et leur. Competence 4: Giving your address and phone number. Des renseignements. Telling which one: Les adjectifs quel et ce. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 3 Un nouvel appartement. LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Previewing content. Lecture: Les couleurs et leurs effets sur la nature humaine. Pour mieux ecrire: Brainstorming. Composition: Un mail. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Le Quebec d aujourd hui. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. 4. En famille. Regional focus: En Amerique: La Louisiane. Competence 1: Describing your family. Ma famille. Describing feelings and appearance: Les expressions avec avoir. Strategies et Comprehension auditive: Pour mieux comprendre: Asking for clarification. Comprehension auditive: La famille de Robert. Competence 2: Saying where you go in your free time. Le temps libre. Saying where you are going: Le verbe aller, la preposition a et le pronom y. Suggesting activities and telling people what to do: Le pronom sujet on et l imperatif. Competence 3: Saying what you are going to do. Le week-end prochain. Saying what you are going to do: Le futur immediat. Saying when you are going to do something: Les dates. Competence 4: Planning how to get there. Les moyens de transport. Deciding how to get there and come back: Les verbes prendre et venir et les moyens de transport. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 4 Vive la famille! LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Using word families. Lecture: Deux mots (po me). Pour mieux ecrire: Visualizing your topic. Composition: Ma famille. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: L histoire des Cadiens. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. INTERLUDE MUSICAL: Fille de ville (Marie- laine Thibert), Nonc Willie (Bruce Daigrepont). Part IV: PARIS. 5. Les projets. Regional focus: La France. Competence 1: Saying what you did. Le week-end dernier. Saying what you did: Le passe compose avec avoir. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Using the sequence of events to make logical guesses. Lecture: Qu est-ce qu elle a fait? Competence 2: Telling where you went. Je suis parti(e) en voyage. Telling where you went: Le passe compose avec tre. Telling when you did something: Les expressions qui designent le passe et reprise du passe compose. Competence 3: Discussing the weather and your activities. Le temps et les projets. Talking about the weather and what you do: Le verbe faire, l expression ne rien et les expressions pour decrire le temps. Talking about activities: Les expressions avec faire. Competence 4: Deciding what to wear and buying clothes. Les v tements. Avoiding repetition: Les pronoms le, la, l et les. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 5 Qu est-ce que vous avez fait? LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Using visuals to make guesses. Lecture: Je blogue donc je suis. Pour mieux ecrire: Using standard organizing techniques. Composition: Un voyage en France. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Le sport et le temps libre des Fran ais. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. BIENVENUE EN EUROPE FRANCOPHONE. 6. Les sorties. Regional focus: Paris. Competence 1: Inviting someone to go out. Les invitations. Issuing and accepting invitations: Les verbes vouloir, pouvoir et devoir. Strategies et Comprehension auditive. Pour mieux comprendre: Noting the important information. Comprehension auditive: On va au cinema? Competence 2: Talking about how you spend and used to spend your time. Aujourd hui et dans le passe. Saying how things used to be: L imparfait. Talking about activities.:Les verbes sortir, partir et dormir. Competence 3: Talking about the past. Une sortie. Telling what was going on when something else happened: L imparfait et le passe compose. Telling what happened and describing the circumstances: Le passe compose et l imparfait. Competence 4: Narrating in the past. Les contes. Narrating what happened. Le passe compose et l imparfait (reprise). VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 6 Je t invite LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Using standard formats. Lecture: Deux films fran ais. Pour mieux ecrire: Using standard formats. Composition: Un film a voir. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Le cinema: les preferences des Fran ais. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. INTERLUDE MUSICAL: La garde-robe d lizabeth (Amelie-les-crayons), Mich le (Gerard Lenorman). Part V: LA NORMANDIE. 7. La vie quotidienne. Regional focus: La France et sa diversite. Competence 1: Describing your daily routine. La vie de tous les jours. Describing your daily routine: Les verbes reflechis au present. Strategies et Lecture. Pour mieux lire: Using word families and watching out for faux amis. Lecture: Il n est jamais trop tard! Competence 2: Talking about relationships. La vie sentimentale. Saying what people do for each other: Les verbes reciproques au present et les verbes reflechis et reciproques au futur immediat. Talking about activities: Les verbes en-re. Competence 3: Talking about what you did and used to do. Les activites d hier. Saying what people did: Les verbes reflechis et reciproques au passe compose. Saying what people did and used to do: Les verbes reflechis et reciproques a l imparfait et reprise de l usage du passe compose et de l imparfait. Competence 4: Describing traits and characteristics. Le caract re. Specifying which one: Les pronoms relatifs qui, que et dont. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 7 Vous vous tes amuses? LECTUE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Recognizing conversational style. Lecture: Conte pour enfants de moins de trois ans. Pour mieux ecrire: Organizing a paragraph. Composition: Le matin chez moi. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: L amour et le couple. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. 8. La bonne cuisine. Regional focus: La Normandie. Competence 1: Ordering at a restaurant. Au restaurant. Talking about what you eat: Le partitif. Strategies et Comprehension auditive: Pour mieux comprendre: Planning and predicting. Comprehension auditive: Au restaurant. Competence 2: Buying food. Les courses. Saying how much: Les expressions de quantite. Talking about foods: L usage des articles. Competence 3: Talking about meals. Les repas. Saying what you eat and drink: Le pronom en et le verbe boire. Talking about choices: Les verbes en -ir. Competence 4: Choosing a healthy lifestyle. La sante. Saying what you would do. Le conditionnel. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 8 Qu est-ce qu ils servent? LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Reading a poem. Lecture: Dejeuner du matin. Lecture: Dejeuner du matin. Pour mieux ecrire: Finding the right word. Composition: Une critique gastronomique. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: table! R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. INTERLUDE MUSICAL: Retomber Amoureux (Chim ne Badi), Pour toi (Princesse Sarah). Part VI: AUX ANTILLES. 9. En vacances. Regional focus: La France d outre-mer. Competence 1: Talking about vacation. Les vacances. Talking about how things will be: Le futur. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Recognizing compound tenses. Lecture: Quelle aventure! Competence 2: Preparing for a trip. Les preparatifs. Communicating with people: Les verbes dire, lire et ecrire. Avoiding repetition: Les pronoms complements d objet indirect (lui, leur) et reprise des pronoms complements d objet direct (le, la, l , les). Competence 3: Buying your ticket. l agence de voyages. Saying what people know: Les verbes savoir et conna tre. Indicating who does what to whom: Les pronoms me, te, nous et vous. Competence 4: Deciding where to go on a trip. Un voyage. Saying where you are going: Les expressions geographiques. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 9 J ai achete vos billets. LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Understanding words with multiple meanings. Lecture: Ma grand-m re m a appris a ne pas compter sur les yeux des autres pour dormir. Pour mieux ecrire: Revising what you write. Composition: Un itineraire. COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: La culture creole aux Antilles. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. 10. l h tel. Regional focus: Les Antilles. Competence 1: Deciding where to stay. Le logement. Giving general advice: Les expressions impersonnelles et l infinitif. Strategies et Comprehension auditive: Pour mieux comprendre: Anticipating a response. Comprehension auditive: la reception. Competence 2: Going to the doctor. Chez le medecin. Giving advice to someone in particular: Les expressions impersonnelles et les verbes reguliers au subjonctif. Giving advice: Les verbes irreguliers au subjonctif. Competence 3: Running errands on a trip. Des courses en voyage. Expressing wishes and emotions: Les expressions d emotion et de volonte et le subjonctif. Saying who you want to do something: Le subjonctif ou l infinitif? Competence 4: Giving directions. Les indications. Telling how to go somewhere: Reprise de l imperatif et les pronoms avec l imperatif. VID OREPRISE: Les Stagiaires: pisode 10 Au revoir et merci! LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Using your knowledge of the world. Lecture: Donne-moi une vie. Pour mieux ecrire: Softening or hardening your tone. Composition: Il faut changer le monde! COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: La musique francophone: les influences africaines et antillaises. R SUM DE GRAMMAIRE. VOCABULAIRE. INTERLUDE MUSICAL: Retour au pays natal (Admiral T), Je sais (Shy m). BIENVENUE EN AFRIQUE FRANCOPHONE. Part VII: EN BELGIQUE. Revision. Un dr le de myst re. Regional focus: La Belgique. pilogue. Appendice A: L alphabet phonetique. Appendice B: Tableau des verbes. Vocabulaire fran ais-anglais. Vocabulaire anglais-fran ais. Indice.
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