Bien sûr! Culture et communication
by By Weidmann-Koop, Marie-Christine
Category: Foreign Language Study , French

Culture et communication is appropriate as a  stand-alone reader or conversation book or may be used in conjunction with  any reference grammar. Readers develop good reading habits through intensive  practice in skimming, scanning, and decoding and through a range of pre- and  post- reading activities. Culture et communication uses a variety of  materials to equip users to function in different situations. It offers  balanced work in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammaire en  contexte consists of a thorough review of structures accompanied by  contextualized activities that make use of vocabulary and relate to themes  explored in Culture et communication.   The two-  volume format makes for maximum flexibility: Culture et  communication—revolves around a cultural theme and all language  activities are contextualized around the themes; the basic elements of each  theme are presented in the Introduction to every chapter. Bien  sûr! offers a tremendous range and variety in activities and activity  types. Pre-publication pedagogical consultants commented on the progressive  practice and the many opportunities for guided to open-ended discussion.  Grammaire en contexte—all exercises are contextualized and  related to the themes in Culture et communication. Faisons le  point! activities provide opportunities to synthesize all material  introduced in the chapter in a contextualized and personalized manner.