An exciting book for incorporating French cinema and culture into a French language course. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a single movie and includes aids for students watching the film, discussing and writing about the film, and understanding the film in a broader cultural context. Also included in each chapter, isvocabulary helpful to understanding and discussing the film, structured exercises in understanding the film once it has been viewed—especially for discussion in class—and an accompanying reading for each film designed to provide perspective on the film itself.
This best-selling textbook, by author Anne-Christine Rice, continues to define language learning through film.
New features in the 3rd Edition!
• More cultural, historical and literary information about the film and its story.
• New and additional readings.
• A new section for each film dealing with art.
About the Author
Anne-Christine Rice is an instructor in the Department of Romance Languages at Tufts University. She completed her Masters degree and DEA (doctoral coursework) in Angers, France, and holds a CAPES, the French national certification for teaching. She is the author of Cinema for French Conversation, Second Edition, as well as the Cine-Module series. She also serves as advisory editor for Focus Publishing's French text series.
Book Review
Cinema for French Conversation by Anne-Christine Rice is an outstanding text that is unlikely to be equaled anytime soon. This visually attractive, luxurious, 358-page tome is a language text in its own right since it incorporates a great many language-specific activities.... For right now the standard of excellence is measured by our good friends up in Newburyport, Massachusetts. ~ Thomas Conner, St. Norbert College (From NECTFL Review #62 (Spring/Summer)
