Workbook for Controverses

by Larbi Oukada, Didier Bertrand, Janet L. Solberg

Overview

The workbook contains user-friendly grammar explanations in clear English that are accessible to students who are not familiar with grammar rules and terminology. The structure of the program (grammar in the workbook and activities in the student text) allows students to work independently on learning to use grammar in context while providing more flexibility for professors to concentrate on other points of emphasis, such as vocabulary development, extended discourse, and cultural comparisons. Filled with creative activities that inject levity and well as simplicity, students are encouraged to produce sentences that target form but are also encouraged use language creatively and to personalize language by expressing their own opinions in exercises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413004519
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	09/26/2005
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Larbi Oukada is Professor in the Department of World Languages & Cultures in the School of Liberal Arts and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education at Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis. He has a Ph.D. in linguistics from Louisiana State University, and his research and publications focus on second language acquisition and international education. He is the author of Louisiana French: Linguistic Annotated Bibliography, and ENTRE AMIS, a beginning-level French program.

Didier Bertrand is Associate Professor of French in the Department of World Languages & Cultures at Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis. He holds a Ph.D. in French from the University of Iowa, and his research and publications focus on the retellings of the Robinson Crusoe story and second language acquisition. He is the author of several articles on twentieth century French fiction, the author of Test Yourself in French Grammar, and co-author of the ENTRE AMIS workbook. He currently serves as the President of the Indiana chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French.

Janet Solberg is Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in French from the University of Minnesota in 1988. Her main areas of interest are 16th century French short narrative, francophone literature (especially the literatures of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia), intercultural communication, and second language acquisition.