Bienvenue: Glencoe French 1

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Summary: Some thoughts
Review: I am a student at Moscow State Pedagogical University. I study twolanguages English and French. When I graduate this University I amplanning to be a French language teacher. I have bought this bookbecause I have a friend who is a middle school student in USA. Heasked me to help him with his French over email. He also told me thatthey are using this book in class/ This was a very interesting andchallenging task for me. So once I have got the book I've startedanalyzing it. In this review I would like to share the results of myWork with... shoppers who might want to purchase this book.

TheEnglish language is used only when it is absolutely necessary. Topicalvocabulary, which is given at the beginning of each lesson, usesvisual support technique to convey the meaning of the new words andphrases. Grammar explanations are very short and clear. There are alot of oral and written and communication activities in each lessonfor students to choose from. Reading & Culture sections givestudents some pieces of information about the culture of the countrywhose language they are studying. The only minus I can see in thisbook is that there is not enough texts for reading in it. I shall notsay that this is the best textbook one can find for teaching French inmiddle schools because I do not have the latest US national curriculumfor this subject but I shall say that I personally like this book andI am pleased to know that my friend is using it in his study process.

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Summary: A useful tool for those learning French
Review: In my French 1 Class, we used this book and its companion workbook. I found it to be very useful, and an enhancement to my learning experience. I think that --by far-- the most useful feature of Bienvenue! are the French-English and English-French indices in the back. If you weren't completely sure what something said, it was easy as tourte to look it up.

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This is an excellent book to start French on. It is easy to understand and the glossary at the back practically provides every single word you would come across in this book. The workbook is also excellent because the answers for self tests are at the back. The sections are divided very well into Vocab, structure, conversation, pronounciation, culture knowledge, different places in the world, and chapter review. Again, it's one of the best books out there for French beginners.