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Greetings:

After 13 years with the same book, my school system will start the review of French methods for a new adoption.

I am looking for information and personal anecdotes from teachers who are using, or have used, "D'accord" by Vista Higher Learning. My school will be going wireless and it is expected that students will be issued PC tablets.

Your thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated.

James
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Katie My school has been using this series in level I (II will begin next year). So far, I've had mixed results. The book certainly seems oriented towards older learners, as some of the expressions taught (night club, sociology, business admin, newlyweds) seem more for college students. There is a LOT of information in each unit- I've been spending proba...See More
Mar 16, 2012
Susan The posts on the D'Accord series are so helpful as we are well into our adoption process of this series. Any further thoughts/advice are most welcome and appreciated!

On 3/16/12, Katie wrote: > My school has been using this series in level I (II will begin next > year). So far, I've had mixed results. The book certainly seems > o...See More
Apr 10, 2012
Mme G On 1/20/12, Mlle. S wrote: > This is my first year using D'accord after being familiar with > Discovering French and C'est a toi. D'accord gives an > incredibly vast amound of grammar and vocabulary in each > unit. In my school, the level 1 book is split over 7th and > 8th grade. By the end of the level one book, they have > learn...See More
Jun 10, 2015
Mark We use Higher Vista for French and Spanish and I like the books but they are intense. I have never used D'Accord, but I teach French 4 and use the second half of Imaginez and various other books and readers in my class. I think it depends on your school because the books throws a lot of vocabulary and grammar in each chapter and it can be overwhelm...See More
Jun 28, 2015
P Massey On 2/21/12, Stacy wrote: > Hello, James. > > This reply comes rather late, but I do have experience with > D'Accord, so I thought I'd respond. We adopted this book a > year and a half ago after using Bon Voyage for many years. It > is an improvement, for the most part, but I have recently > moved toward a TPRS approach, and D'A...See More
Jul 27, 2016


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