Cinéphile: Intermediate French Language and Culture through Film, 2/e

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Description

For courses in intermediate French which draw on the use of feature films to provide cultural, real world language skills, high interest for students, and topics for discussion.

Features

~Provide 2nd-year undergraduate French professors with a French language and culture textbook which integrates the study of language and culture with the study of films.
~Provide contextualized and structured pre-/post-viewing activities which maximize student comprehension of the films.
~Increase language proficiency through review of 1st-year grammar structures and vocabulary and through the progressive acquisition of 2nd year vocabulary and grammar structures necessary for the successful communication of ideas and opinions about the films.
~Break-down cultural barriers through the study of contemporary films.
~Increase student interest in French courses by integrating contemporary films that generate a greater appreciation of French culture, music, etc.

Market

Designed for the full second year course in French which draws on film to motivate students as well as provide culture, a source of real spoken French, and topics for discussion. Also appropriate for the fourth year of high school French in prep and other private schools and AP French language courses.

About the Author

Kerri Conditto has taught and studied language in the United States and France. She is currently a Lecturer at Tufts University.

NEW to this Edition

~Reorganized flow of chapter content and activities
~More grammar activities including closed- and open-ended exercises
~Updated and expanded cultural content and activities
~Student's workbook includes a reading section
~Instructor's Composition & Exams provides new composition topics and an oral production for
  each chapter, designed to test the student's oral proficiency.

Ancillaries

Student Workbook, 2e / 978-1-58510-404-8
Manual du Professeur 2e / 978-1-58510-405-5
Compositions & Exams 2e / 978-1-58510-406-2
Student Workbook, 2e Instructor's Edition / 978-1-58510-407-9

Reviews

Having the feature-length films fully integrated in each chapter makes for a richer experience for the students at the intermediate level. The concept works really well as a springboard for discussion and writing assignments. For me, the Avant le visionnement section with a cultural notes opener and vocabulary exercises and the Après avoir visionné section are the strongest components of the textbook. The grammar explanations are well written, and it is nice to see them fully in French in a textbook at this level.
                        ~Professor Sandra Trapani, University of Missouri St. Louis