Notes, comments, links are welcome regarding these first-year French texts often in consideration
2022 links:
France:
other:
below = all old references
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| Chez nous, branché sur le monde francophone, 4th ed. 2014 |
(French) |
(old comments = not bad) | + MyFrenchLab & Person eText = not recommended by Paco | ||
| Français-Monde (1e éd, 2011) | |||||
| Rond-Point, 2e édition 2016 | |||||
| Espaces 3e édition 2015 | book | Vista Higher Learning (French) | 15 units, hardcover, 2-3 semesters | available in less-expensive vText format (fully online with instructor interface) | |
| Promenades, 2nd ed. 2014 | book | 13 units, hardcover, 2 semesters | full of English… | ||
| À vous, The Global French Experience, 2nd ed, 2014 Anover & Antes |
Cengage (titles in bold at left = only 4 available?) |
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| Allons-y, le français par étapes 6th edition 2004 Bragger & Rice |
we used earlier edition | (old info = being discontinued?) | activités internet (links...), autocorrigés (lots of English) | videoscripts online. video program, computerized test bank, Système-D, CDROM | |
| Bravo, 8h edition 2015 | |||||
Contacts,
9th ed 2014
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we previously used this? | Contacts exercises, notes culturelles (avec audio en franglais!) 7th ed. ACE pratice tests | CDROM = Portes ouvertes (Houghton-Mifflin title) |
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| Entre
amis 6th ed 2013 Oates et al. |
(Houghton-Mifflin title) | ||||
| Horizons
6th ed. 2011 Manley et al. |
book | video. Système-D. Teacher test bank on CDROM | |||
| Interaction, 9th ed, 2014 Onge & Onge |
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| Invitation au monde francophone, 2e édition, 2005 | (discontinued?) | web activities (=nulles), Quizzes (full of mistakes & English) audio online | Teacher test bank; DVD (avec/sans sous-titres), ok; assez québécois | ||
| Liaisons, 1e édition enhanced, 2015 Wong et al. |
book | ||||
| Mais
Oui! 5th ed. 2008 Thompson et al. |
we've been using since… late 1990s? |
Mais Oui! 3rd ed. Mais Oui! 4th ed. (ACE practice tests, exercises and links) audio online | iLrn = great for recording, some good exercises. text excerpts = literary & not always stupid ;) |
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| Motifs, 6th ed. 2014 | book | companion web site. (not bad, some mistakes-notes from 2nd ed.) | |||
| Rapports, 5th ed. Walz & Piriou |
out of print? | (Houghton-Mifflin title) | |||
| Sur le vif, 5th ed, 2011 | |||||
| Voilà! 6th ed. 2014 | We used 4th ed. | 2 separate, light-weight manuals (activités écrites / orales) | self-correcting quizzes, vocabulary | DVD w/ 5th ed., not bad, see elodie.heinle.com | |
| Débuts, introduction to French (3nd ed). 2010 |
Le monde francophone (old web site, still useful, for McGraw-Hill first-year texts) |
Online learning center for Le Chemin du retour and Deux mondes. |
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Débuts is a film-based program, with Le Chemin du retour
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| Deux
Mondes (7th ed) 2013 Terrell, et al. |
book & workbook | "Connect plus" = 24 months? online | distinct grammar sections we used this in former edition - what were drawbacks? |
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| En avant! (2nd ed, 2016) Anderson & Dolidon |
LearnSmart online | no... |
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| Vis-à-vis (5th ed) 2015 (we used first edition) | |||||
| Latitudes 1, 2, 3 Régine Mérieux |
Didier | (search also "Latitudes" @ Librairie de France @ Amazon) | currently used at College of New Rochelle Latitudes 1 (2 books "méthode" + "cahier" + CD =$60 for first 2 semesters |
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| French in Action 3rd edition Capretz 2014 |
Yale U Press | web site 1987 version (Annenberg) | for real! w/ 1980s films | ||
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| Sur le vif, 6e éd. 2014 Jarausch & Tufts |
text only 5th ed. | (Cengage-French) | one-semester intermediate | ? | conversation | ||
| En bonne forme 8e édition 2007 | (Houghton Mifflin-French) | perhaps better as 2 semester text? | |||||
| À votre tour, 2nd edition 2007 Valette & Vallette |
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| Bravo 5th ed. 2005 | (Heinle/Cengage-French) | big, colorful, perhaps better as 2-semester book? | |||||
| Ensuite, cours intermédiaire de français 4th ed. 2003 | |||||||
| Grammaire Française, 4th ed 2008 Ollivier & Beaudoin |
(Heinle/Cengage-French) |
considered advanced? | |||||
| la Grammaire à l'oeuvre, 5th edition media edition, 2004 John Barson |
(Cengage-French) |
TCS favorite for 202 |
absurdly expensive | ||||
| Imaginez, 3e édition 2016 | Vista Higher Learning (French) | 10 lessons, paperback, 2 semesters | |||||
| Grammaire progressive du français 3e édition 2013 Maïa Grégoire & Odile Thiévenaz |
spring 2015 (& prior) | CLE International | basic, inexpensive, dry (nothing but exercises), not easy optional "corrigés" |
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| Interaction, révision de grammaire française, 7th ed 2007 | Onge & Onge (Heinle/Cengage-French) |
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| Personnages, An Intermediate Course in French Language and Francophone Culture, 4th ed. 2010 | Oates & Dubois (Houghton Mifflin-French) |
not bad | plutôt chez Wiley = $180! | ||||
| Séquences, intermediate via film, 1st ed 2006 | (Heinle/Cengage-French) | ||||||
| Ouvertures, 4e éd, 2006 | Wiley Wiley French |
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