Ouvertures: Cours Intermédiaire de Francais

Immerse yourself in the French–speaking world

When you immerse yourself in the French–speaking world, youbecome engaged in the language. Francophone culture not only drawsyou in with its richness and vibrancy; it s also the bestvehicle for mastering the language.

That s why Siskin, Field, and Storme s FourthEdition of Ouvertures uses culture as an organizingprinciple. Ouvertures integrates culture into the teachingof all five skills speaking, grammar, listening, reading, andwriting. These skills provide the basis for exploring the culturesof the francophone world.

Features

Cultural themes serve as unifying elements within each chapter.New readings update the cultural focus of the text, and newcultural sections (Notions de culture) expand the chapterthemes. The text presents a manageable amount of material while payingthorough attention to all five skills. New, realia–based exercises (À la loupe) encourage you tothink critically. The text s process–writing approach to compositionassignments helps you brainstorm vocabulary, create plans, andwrite and revise drafts. A two–step grammar presentation first quickly reviews grammarpoints generally covered in first–year French courses, and thenexplains and practices new grammar that you need at theintermediate level of French.

The Complete Ouvertures package:

Lab Audio CDs to accompany the Lab Manual portion of theActivities Manual (ISBN: 0–471–77415–4) Activities Manual including the Workbook, Lab Manual, andWorkbook Answer Key (ISBN: 0–471–47865–2) Ouvertures DVD (ISBN: 0–471–77211–9) Password–protected Instructor′s Book Companion Websiteincluding the Online Instructor′s Manualwww.wiley.com/college/siskin Student′s Book Companion Websitewww.wiley.com/college/siskin

Chapitre 1. Au seuil de la culture : L enfant et la famille.

Chapitre 2. Passage vers la communication : Perspectivesinterculturelles.

Chapitre 3. Accès à la formation de l esprit :L enseignement.

Chapitre 4. Perspectives sur l exil : L immigrationet l assimilation.

Chapitre 5. Révélations audiovisuelles : Lesmédias.

Chapitre 6. Comment peut–on être français ? : Sourceculturelles de l identité.

Chapitre 7. Regards sur la société : La diversitéculturelle de la France.

Chapitre 8. Le Travail et les loisirs : Entrées dans lemonde du travail.

Chapitre 9. Perspectives sur le passé : L histoire etla memoire.

Chapitre 10. L avenir de la France dans l Europe :Frontières ouvertes.

Répertoire géographique.

Verb Appendix.

Glossary.

Index.

Credits.