Edexcel French for A Level Student Book [Hodder Murray]

Summary:
Edexcel French for A Level is a brand new one-volume French course for students following the Edexcel specification at AS and A2.

It is endorsed by Edexcel and offers comprehensive coverage of the specification topics, in a carefully planned teaching scheme to ensure effective language learning plus effective exam preparation.

It is supported by two Dynamic Learning resources:

- For Teachers the Network Edition DVD-ROM (978 0340 968642) provides all elements of the Student Book for use on the whiteboard or school network plus all required audio files and Teacher's Resource Book as well as interactive versions of over 100 language activities from the Student's Book. The aim is to allow teachers to teach in a truly integrated way launching all the resources they need from a single platform. It also includes a powerful and intuitive 'lesson builder' for you to create your own lessons from the resources we have provided combined with your own favourite websites or other learning activities.

- For the Student each copy of the book comes with a CD or a password to access a powerful set of activities and advice for independent learning. This Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM includes Grammar points and a 'Study Skills' feature which offers authoritative and accessible advice on the examination demands of the Edexcel specification. There is expert advice, and interactive activities, and exam practice for Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary, Speaking, Exam and Study Skills as well as a range of weblinks to explore to help students improve their French.

For the full range of support for Edexcel A Level French see also:
Audio CD Set 978 0340 968918
Teacher's Resource Book 978 0340 968901
Edexcel French Grammar for A Level 978 0340 968529

• Endorsed by Edexcel so you can trust it really covers what needs to be covered for examination success.
• Full coverage of all topics in the specification but in a carefully planned teaching framework to ensure engagement and variety
• Introductory unit ensures a smooth transition from GCSE to A level
• Full support for the research-based essay-writing task
• Includes a rich variety of authentic written and recorded source material
• For teachers the Dynamic Learning Network Edition of the Student's Book provides fully integrated digital support with interactive tasks, audio files, as well as teachers notes and additional assessment resources
• For students the Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM or password in the front of the book offers access to free online 'Review and Revise' material to help students achieve exam success. It explains and practices all the language skills required for the Edexcel examinations. It includes explanations of key Grammar points and a Study Skills features which offers authoritative and accessible advice on the examination demands of the Edexcel specification

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Transition chapter
UNITÉ 1: La famille et vous (Youth culture and concerns)
- Une famille moderne?
- Qu'est-ce que c'est, donc, la famille et l'amitié?
- Les liens d'amitié
- Le mariage: un concepte démodé?
- Disputes: le conflit familial
- Devenez-vous indépendant?
- Droits et responsabilités
- Révolution ou évolution: la famille a-t-elle un avenir?
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Depuis/Venir de + infinitive/Possessive adjectives/Gender and plural of nouns/Present tense/Pronouns/Pronouns 2: y + en/Order of pronouns/Negatives
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Listening: Outline of the exam/Reading: Outline of the exam/Writing: Outline of the exam/Speaking: Outline of the exam
AS
UNITÉ 2: L'education, le monde du travail (Education and employment)
- L'école en France
- L'orientation
- La triche et la toile
- Parfois, la vie est difficile
- La vie après l'école
- Gagner sa vie
- La vie adulte
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Question words/Ordinal numbers/Perfect tense/Demonstratives/Demonstrative pronouns/Pluperfect
- Study skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Listening: Answering questions in French and English/Tense manipulation/Writing: Letter writing; Addressing bullet points
UNITÉ 3: Les loisiers (Lifestyle: health and fitness)
- Les médias et les traditions
- La montagne
- Quel sport?
- Point rencontre: le tennis et la parapente
- On sort: que faire?
- Le septième art de la radio
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Adjectives/Comparative and superlatives/The articles de and the preposition à/Relatives pronouns/Direct + indirect object pronouns and y + en/Future/Conditional tense/Future + conditional perfect
- Study skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Listening: Question types/Speaking: How the exam works/Reading: Vocabulary and questions types/Writing: Communication - content and response
UNITÉ 4: Mode de vie (Lifestyle: health and fitness)
- Les Français et les repas
- La restauration rapide
- L'alcool et les préjugés par rapport à la santé
- La toxicomanie
- Le tabagisme
- La santé en France
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition): Adverb formation/Adverbs: comparative and superlative/Present subjunctive/Reflexive verbs/Perfect infinitive/Determiners/Indefinite pronouns/Commands and imperatives
- Study skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Listening: How to prepare to answer and how to control the recording/Speaking: Reading: How to read for gist and detail/Writing: Language: Accuracy
UNITÉ 5: En route (The world around us)
- Pourquoi partir en vacances?
- Comment partir? En famille?
- Les attractions touristiques en France
- La route
- Les transports en ville
- Deux roues
- Le TGV
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Position of advers/Conditional clause/Verbs and infinitive/Direct and indirect speech/Present participle/Revision of questions/Revision of object pronouns/Passive/Past historic/Perfect
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Listening: Listening for gist/general sense/Speaking: Section B/Reading: Answering English questions: "Transfer of meaning from French to English"/Writing: Language: range
UNITÉ 6: SOS Planète (The world around us)
- L'effet de serre et nous
- Les déchets et le recyclage
- La pollution urbaine
- L'énergie et les alternatives
- Les solutions alternatives et l'avenir
- L'environnement et la politique
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Revision of faire+infinitive/Conjunctions/Possessive pronouns/Pronouns/Impersonal verbs/Emphatic/Disjunctive pronouns/Revision of future and conditional/Writing a letter/Revision of subjunctive
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edirion CD-ROM): Listening: Question technique/Speaking: How is it marked?/Reading: Exam practice/Writing: How to respond in an exam situation
A2
UNITÉ 7: Les arts, la mode, la publicité et Internet (Youth culture and concerns)
- L'informatique et Internet
- La littérature française
- L'art et l'architecture
- La mode
- La publicité
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Verb tense/Conditional perfect/Si clauses or conditional clauses/Uses of en/Present participles/Demonstrative pronouns
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Speaking: Outline of the exam/Translation: Outline of the exam/Essay: Outline of the exam/Research essay: Outline of the exam
- UNITÉ 8: L'état et l'individu (Customs, traditions, beliefs and religions)
- La politique française
- L'Union Européenne
- Manifester, une tradition françaises?
- La délinquance
- La justice et la peine de mort
- Le féminisme
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Subjunctive/Inversion after adverbs/Imperfect and perfect tense/Comparative and superlative adverbs/Prepositions/Pronouns: more sophisticated usage/More pronouns work
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Debate/Translation: Transaltion/Essay: Basic planning: read+understand the question; Assess each title carefully;Keywords/Research essay: Type of research/What sort of resource?
UNITÉ 9: La France: terre d'accueil? (National and international events)
- La colonisation
- L'immigration et le racism
- La discrimination
- L'antisémitisme
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): The passive/Revision of conditional/Revision of question/Nagatives/Lequel/Past historic
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Discussion -what is it?/Translation: How it it marked?/Essay: Creative essay?/Research essay: How to tackle the questions?
UNITÉ 10: Santé physique, santé morale (Youth culture and concerns)
- Les Français et la médicine
- L'alcool: sachez consommer avec modération!
- Les dupes de la dope
- Droits à la vie, droit à la mort
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Possessive pronouns/Faire + infinitive/Revision of relative pronouns/Future perfect
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Speaking: How is it marked?/Translation: Exam techniques/Essay: How is it marked?/Research essay: How is it marked?
UNITÉ 11: Le riche et le pauvre (Aspect of modern French-Speaking society)
- Les sans travail et les SDF
- La pauvreté en France
- Point rencontre: Yannick Bathes - assistant social à Paris
- Les associations bénévoles
- L'exode rural
- La vieillesse
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Direct and indirect speech/Impersonal verbs
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Debate and discussion: Practical tips/Translation: Exam practice/Essay: Practical exam tips/Research essay: How to prepare/revise for the examination
UNITÉ 12: Tournons-nous vers l'avenir (Aspects of modern French-speaking society
- La terre en 2050
- La France en crise
- L'égalité des sexes
- Mariage: concept démodé?
- Le clonage
- Grammar (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Infinitives/Revision of past infinitive
- Study Skills (found on Dynamic Learning Home Edition CD-ROM): Exam clinic/Translation: Exam clinic/Essay: Exam clinic/Reasearch essay: Exam clinic
GRAMMAR SUMMARY

About the Author(s):
Robert Baylis, Tim Swain and Christiane Salvador have extensive teaching, examining and writing experience in A level French.
Robert Baylis is Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Dulwich College.