Cinéphile: Intermediate French Language and Culture through Film / Edition 2

by Kerri Conditto

Overview

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. Nine feature are used in the text.

Each chapter of the book is built around a single film, and includs the following:

Part 1 - Pre-viewing

Cultural notes

Credits: Profile of the director

Film summary

Cast list: Profile of an actor in the film

Vocabulary specifically related to the film

Vocabulary exercises

Part 2 - Post-viewing

General comprehension exercises

Vocabulary exercises

Grammar points & exercises

Translation exercises

Photo

Open-ended exercises & activities

Communication

Part 3 - Reading - Culture - Research

Reading sample & exercises

Cultural notes & activities

Research topics

Documents (articles, short stories, etc.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585103942
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.72(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

Kerri Conditto has taught and studied language in the United States and France. She is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Romance Languages at Tufts University and the author of Cinephile: Intermediate French Language and Culture through Film, published by Focus Publishing.

Editorial 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."
—Sandra Trapani, University of Missouri St. Louis

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