This title provides extensive coverage of the national curriculum, and the Scottish 5-14 guidelines. It includes a systematic approach to grammar progression, with clear explanations and extensive practice. It contains: interesting topics, set in authentic contexts, from France and other French speaking countries; clear and attractively designed pages, with humorous and stimulating artwork; user-friendly vocabulary and grammar reference sections to encourage independent learning; and end of unit summaries to provide a clear learning framework. It provides full coverage of the New National Curriculum requirements. It provides more grammar activities and more emphasis on verb learning. It includes: new ICT activities, new differentiation of exercises, new "Reading for pleasure" sections, new motivating Flashcards, lively and modern Students' Book, clear presentation, and integrated assessment guidance tasks.
Part 1 Des jeunes francophones: giving personal information; talking about families; talking about animals; talking about using a computer; talking about and describing friends; describing everyday life. Part 2 Bienvenue a Paris!: talking about places in a town or city; understanding tourist information; saying what the weather was like; understanding how to travel by metro; describing a recent visit; giving opinions. Part 3 Ca me passione: talking about leisure activities; giving opinions; understanding time clues; comparing past and present; talking about TV, cinema and books. Part 4 Au travail!: talking about school life; discussing school subjects and options; discussing strengths and weaknesses; saying what you are going to do; discussing plans for work experience; discussing your future plans; talking about different careers; talking about events in the past, the present and the future. Part 5 Une visite a Planete Futuroscope: talking about a theme park; discussing future plans; staying at a hotel and enquiring about hotel services; understanding and discussing the weather forecast; talking about events in the past, the present and the future. Part 6 En forme: saying when you do something; discussing healthy lifestyles, healthy eating and general fitness; identifying parts of the body; buying basic medical supplies at the chemists; asking for and understanding medical advice; making an appointment at a doctor's or dentist's; giving and understanding details of an accident. Part 7 Vive les vacances!: talking about holiday plans; describing things to take on holiday; booking and staying at a campsite; coping on a self-catering holiday in a gite; dealing with some holiday problems; staying at a youth hostel. Part 8 Notre monde: understanding information about French-speaking regions in the world; talking about countries of the world; saying where a place is situated; talking about your town and area; understanding information about the environment; discussing environmental problems.
