Motifs: An Introduction to French, Enhanced / Edition 6

by Kimberly Jansma, Margaret Ann Kassen

Overview

Immersing students in the world of French language and culture, MOTIFS: AN INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH, Enhanced Sixth Edition, continues to set the standard for first-year French courses. Students learn through lively, culturally authentic contexts that enable them to communicate on larger, real-life themes, such as housing, school, food, work, and relationships. Offering a systematic study of French, the MOTIFS program provides the structures, vocabulary, communication strategies, and cultural background that enable students to think critically about different points of view, to share about themselves, and to learn about others. The sixth edition maintains its most popular readings while updating others and adding new readings to foster cross-cultural comparisons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781305257016
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	World Languages
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kimberly Jansma directs the French Language Program at The University of California at Los Angeles, where she supervises teaching instructors and teaches language, culture, and linguistics courses. She has published pedagogical texts and multimedia materials and presents her research at major conferences. Dr. Jansma's areas of interest include hybrid language instruction, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin.


Margaret Ann Kassen, who received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin, is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. She teaches undergraduate French and applied linguistics courses and works with graduate and undergraduate teacher preparation. Her research interests include foreign language writing, performance assessment, technology-enhanced language learning, and instructor development. In addition to presenting at conferences, Dr. Kassen has published articles on technology and writing and edited a volume on developing self-direction in foreign language learners.

Table of Contents

Prelude: Le fran ais - une langue mondiale. 1. Les camarades et la salle de classe. 2. La vie universitaire. 3. Chez l'etudiant. 4. Travail et loisirs. 5. On sort? 6. Qu'est-ce qui s'est passe? 7. On mange bien. 8. Souvenirs. 9. la decouverte du monde francophone. 10. La maison et la routine quotidienne. 11. Voyages en France et ailleurs. 12. Les jeunes face a l'avenir. 13. La sante et le bonheur. 14. La vie sentimentale. Module de recapitulation: Fictions.