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Facon De Parler 1 Student Book 4th Edition: French for Beginners
Angela Aries, Dominique Debney
RRP:
£12.99
ISBN:
9780340913048
Illustrations:
black & white line + half tone
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Summary:
This lively, highly illustrative and communicative French course is designed to take adult beginners to GCSE level or equivalent. Whether you are learning for holiday, business or exam purposes, Façon de Parler 1 will guide you step by step through all the basic language skills and there is plenty of opportunity to practise what you have learnt.
Now in its fourth edition, the book has been revised and updated to reflect the innovations of the technological era, while retaining the strengths and familiarity of the previous edition. Illustrated dialogues and exercises, comprehension questions, structured pair- and group-work activities, and regular revision sections to consolidate learning feature in this gently paced and unintimidating course.
Façon de Parler 1 is ideal for home learners as well as class study. Used with the accompanying audio CD pack and brand new Façon de Parler 1 Activity Book, this best-selling course provides the complete package for adult beginners in French.
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- Text updated and modernised to include reference to recent technology
- Brand new edition of established best-seller for adult beginners
- Gently paced and unintimidating
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Table of Contents:
Première unité
Introductions; Present tense of être; Definite article
Deuxième unité
Finding out personal details; Negatives
Troisième unité
Ordering drinks and snacks; Family and possessions; Present tense of avoir; Indefinite article
Faites le point! Unités 1-3
Quatrième unité
Booking a room; Identifying objects and places; Making enquiries; Questions
Cinquième unité
Ordering a meal; Partitive: du, de la, de l', des, pas de. Je voudrais...
Sixième unité
Asking and giving your age; Expressions with avoir; Place words; Possessives with de, du, de la, etc.
Faites le point! Unités 4-6
Septième unité
Shops; Places in town; Finding your way around and making enquiries
Huitième unité
Daily activities; Present tense of -er verbs
Neuvième unité
Family relationships; Rooms in the house; Present tense of faire; Expressions with faire
Faites le point! Unités 7-9
Dixième unité
Weather and seasons; Hobbies; Asking questions
Onzième unité
Housework and shopping; Telling the time; Days and dates; Quantities and prices
Douzième unité
Buying train tickets; Places to visit and opening times
Faites le point! Unités 10-12
Treizième unité
Shopping for clothes and shoes; Prices; Adjectives
Quatorzième unité
Identifying possessions; Possessive adjectives
Quinzième unité
Methods of transport; Health; Present tense of aller in immediate future
Faites le point! Unités 13-15
Seizième unité
Daily routine; Present tense of -ir verbs; Depuis
Dix-huitième unité
Money problems; Present tense of reflexive verbs; Indirect object pronouns; y and en
Faites le point! Unités 16-18
Dix-neuvième unité
Events in the past; Perfect tense of irregular verbs
Vingtième unité
Doctor and chemist's; Imperatives; Parts of the body + avoir mal
Vingt et unième unité
Holiday plans; Present tense of vouloir, pouvoir, devoir; Talking about what you know (savoir and connaître); Describing physical appearance
Faites le point! Unités 19-21
Alphabet and pronunciation
Grammar and verb tables
Vocabulary
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About the Author(s):
Angela Aries has many years' teaching experience in French and EFL at Colleges of Further Education and Adult Education Institutes, in London and Essex. She has been an examiner for both written and oral French.
Dominique Debney is a former lecturer at Seevic, Essex FE College. She has taught evening classes preparing for the Intermediate Diploma of the Institute of Linguists. She also has many years' experience teaching at secondary level and as an examiner for French GCSE (writing) and A level (oral).
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Readership:
adults in evening classes; students in FE/HE
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