Mais Oui! Book

This introductory text offers a unique, motivating approach to discovering the French language and the French-speaking world. Immersed in authentic input, students learn to think independently, analyze, draw analogies, and infer meaning. A series of carefully crafted tasks develops critical-thinking skills and empowers students to take control of their own learning.

• New! Readings and listening passages reflect 21st-century realities. Readings in Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 12 are new or updated and reflect present-day norms regarding eating habits, fitness, common aches and pains, the role of pharmacists in French society, and globalization.
• New!Beginning in Chapter 3, "Notes culturelles" are now in French. In addition, reflective questions have been added to these cultural notes to facilitate cultural comparisons and classroom discussion.
• New!A new feature, "Synthèse culturelle," explores the views of native French speakers on a variety of chapter themes, examining how perspectives vary from culture to culture. The individuals featured come from many parts of the Francophone world, including France, Québec, Morocco, Senegal, Tahiti, and Guadeloupe. Their thoughts on a variety of topics serve as a springboard for task-based activities that engage students in examining their own cultural perspectives and making further cultural comparisons.
• Each chapter features a one-page cultural section, "Culture et réflexion," that presents information about various regions of the Francophone world related to the chapter's theme. These sections allow students to reflect upon and draw their own conclusions about cultural differences and similarities.
• New!The new edition features an expanded focus on pronunciation. Pronunciation is now a common feature in Ètapes 1 and 3 of every regular chapter. New sections added to Chapters 9 through 12 address the main problems students face when learning French pronunciation.
• New!Direct object pronouns introduced in Chapter 6 are recycled in Chapter 7—when indirect object pronouns are introduced—and again in Chapter 10. Descriptive vocabulary from early chapters recurs in word banks for activities in later chapters to help students complete their activities.
• "Vocabulaire actif" boxes help the student take note of new vocabulary introduced in each section. End-of-chapter vocabulary lists include English translations.
• New!This edition reflects the author team's effort to guide students to develop fuller answers with sentence-level production that characterizes the intermediate level of proficiency. "Avant d'écrire" sections in every chapter address writing skills. To improve speaking skills, a new special section in the Instructor's Resource Manual, "Teaching Students to Elaborate," addresses the challenges of bringing students from partial to full control of intermediate functions.
• New!A new design makes the text more visually appealing and easier to navigate.
• New!The text is manageable for two semester courses. There is a "Chapitre preliminaire," 12 chapters, plus a "Chapitre complémentaire" that includes only one listening passage and one reading selection.