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Newer Textbooks and Methods

by Nick

Oct 10, 2011

I taught French in a private school back in the late 80s and early 90s. There is a very small possibility that I may be teaching it again next year. I was wondering what you thought of the newer textbooks. I find them good as far as presenting current expressions but very lacking in drill and advanced content. Another words, what we would have covered in French 2, for example, seems to be covered now in French 3. I also find way too many graphics on a page and tend to favor the older boooks like Le francais: a devenir, 1978, which I would mix mith some TPRS and additional interactive communicative activities and games.

Does anyone else feel the same? Is anyone else still using older editions of books? I got some pretty good results with them before.

Thanks in advance.

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Nick Sorry! That title should have been Le francais: a decouvrir. I haven't had enough coffee yet!

On 10/10/11, Nick wrote: > I taught French in a private school back in the late 80s > and early 90s. There is a very small possibility that I > may be teaching it again next year. I was wondering what > you thought of the newer textboo...See More

Oct 10, 2011

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James in Belgium Out with the old and in with the new !

Yes, having learned French starting in the late 70's, teaching since 1984, I have noticed the difference. The difference lies in the fact that one would like for students to be able to speak spontaneously and to be able to understand authentic French audio from radio and news casts.

The old ...See More

Oct 15, 2011

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diana Check out AIM Language learning. The focus is on oral language, so students tend to learn the grammar first by speaking the language. We use it at our school and I've been to a couple of the workshops.

Oct 16, 2011

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