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Promenades © 2010

À travers le monde francophone

Cherie Mitschke; Cheryl Tano

hardcover , 9 x 10 7/8, online vText & 2-volume version available

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Overview

Introducing Promenades, a stroll through the francophone world. With thirteen units, Promenades is ideal for a two- or three-semester introductory French course that meets up to five hours per week. Its flexible lesson organization is designed to meet diverse teaching styles and instructional goals. Promenades provides your students with all the tools they need to succeed in French! Here are some key features of the program:

  • Thematic chapter organization
  • Contextualized vocabulary presentation
  • Contemporary, high-interest cultural content and videos
  • Clear grammar explanations
  • The integraded technology of the Promenades Supersite: record-submit voice technology, video, online textbook activities, resources, extra practice, lab and textbook audio files, online course management, and more!

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New Features

  • Cost-effective, two volume paperback version available

Next : Contents >

Contents

Download Complete Table of Contents

Promenades

    Unité 1: Salut!
    Unité 2: À la fac
    Unité 3: La famille et les copains
    Unité 4: Au café
    Unité 5: Les loisirs
    Unité 6: Les fêtes
    Unité 7: En vacances
    Unité 8: Chez nous
    Unité 9: La nourriture
    Unité 10: La santé
    Unité 11: La technologie
    Unité 12: En ville
    Unité 13: L'espace vert

 

Promenades Two Volume Split

    Volume 1

    Unité 1: Salut!
    Unité 2: À la fac
    Unité 3: La famille et les copains
    Unité 4: Au café
    Unité 5: Les loisirs
    Unité 6: Les fêtes
    Unité 7: En vacances

     

    Volume 2

    Unité 7: En vacances Unité 8: Chez nous
    Unité 9: La nourriture
    Unité 10: La santé
    Unité 11: La technologie
    Unité 12: En ville
    Unité 13: L'espace vert

     

 

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Components


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  • Text + Supersite – cheaper than used books!
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For Students

Student Edition with Supersite AccessISBN: 978-1-60007-920-7  Hardcover
Alternate format:
Volume 1 ISBN: 978-1-60576-324-8  Paperback (Units 1-7)
Volume 2 ISBN: 978-1-60576-328-6  Paperback (Units 7-13)

The Student Edition features a unique page layout that enhances learning and a visually engaging interior design that will engage students. The student Supersite provides a wide range of online resources that support and enhance the Student Edition:

  • All video programs in streaming video— Roman-photo, Flash culture and Le zapping
  • Auto-graded practice activities with real-time feedback
  • Record-compare-submit activities with voice-recording technology
  • Open-ended Internet search activities with follow-up report activities
  • Vocabulary activities with native-speaker audio examples
  • Downloadable MP3s of the textbook and lab audio programs
  • An online French-English dictionary

 

Student Edition vText with Supersite Access  ISBN: 978-1-60576-037-7  Passcode

The Promenades vText online Student Edition takes online books to a whole new level! Textbook pages become interactive via links to practice activities, audio, and video. Connected to the instructor Supersite, assignments and activity grades appear right on the textbook page, and auto-graded activities are recorded instantly in the instructor gradebook.

 

Workbook/Video Manual ISBN: 978-1-60007-880-4  Paperback
Alternate format:
Volume 1 ISBN: 978-1-60576-277-7  Paperback (Units 1-7)
Volume 2 ISBN: 978-1-60576-278-4  Paperback (Units 7-13)

Workbook activities provide additional practice of the vocabulary and grammar in each textbook lesson, and also reinforce the content of the Lecture culturelle sections. The Video Manual provides pre-, during- and post-viewing activities that guide students through all Promenade video programs.

 

Lab ManualISBN: 978-1-60007-881-1  Paperback
Alternate format:
Volume 1 ISBN: 978-1-60576-279-1  Paperback (Units 1-7)
Volume 2 ISBN: 978-1-60576-280-7  Paperback (Units 7-13)

The Lab Manual contains activities for each textbook lesson that build listening comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation skills in French.

 

Web-SAM Online Workbook, Video Manual, Lab Manual  ISBN: 978-1-60576-114-5  Passcode

Powered by MAESTRO®, the Promenades Web-SAM delivers all of the student activity manuals in an online format. The Lab Manual includes record-submit activities in which students record oral responses and submit them to the instructor—instructors can also record oral responses for the students. Instructors have access to powerful classroom management and gradebook tools that allow in-depth tracking of students' scores, customization of activities, and exporting of grades to Blackboard and WebCT courses. The complete audio program is also included.

 

Workbook, Video Manual, Lab Manual Answer Key ISBN: 978-1-60007-882-8  Paperback

This component contains answer keys for all activities with discrete answers in the Workbook, Video Manual and Lab Manual. It is available in print and on the Instructor's Resource CD.

 

    Also Available

    Student Supersite ISBN: 978-1-60007-905-4  Passcode

    Included with purchase of the Student Edition, Student Supersite passcodes are also available for separate purchase.

     

    Roman-photo DVD  ISBN: 978-1-60007-885-9  1 DVD

    Available in streaming video on the Student Supersite, the Roman-photo video program is also available for purchase in DVD format.

 
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For Instructors

Instructor's Annotated Edition ISBN: 978-1-60007-858-3  Hardcover

The Instructor's Annotated Edition contains a wealth of teaching information designed to support teaching in the classroom and to save instructors time in preparation and class management. Answers to all exercises with discrete answers are overprinted on the student text pages. The marginal annotations include previews, suggestions, expansions, teaching options, National Standards icons, and instructional resource notes that correlate all student and instructor ancillaries available.

 

Instructor's Resource CD and DVD Set with Instructor Supersite ISBN: 978-1-60007-892-7  Supersite passcode, 1 CD and 2 DVDs

All instructor resources are combined in one convenient location:

  • Flash culture DVD
     
  • Roman-photo DVD
     
  • Instructor Supersite
      The complete Instructor's Resource Manual in PDFs
      The complete Testing Program
      MP3 files of the Testing Audio Program
      Workbook/Video Manual/Lab Manual Answer Key
      Course management and gradebook
      Complete access to the Student Supersite

     
  • Instructor's Resource Manual in PDF format
      Lab Audio Program Tapescript
      Audioscripts of textbook activities
      Videoscripts and translations of the video programs
      Workbook/Video Manual/Lab Manual Answer Key
      Textbook Answer Key
      Teaching suggestions

     
  • Overhead PDFs
     
  • Vocabulary and grammar Powerpoints®
     
  • Testing Program
      Lesson tests–four versions each
      Semester exams for Lessons 1-6, 7-9, and  10-12
      Quarter exams for Lessons 1-3, Lessons 4-6, Lessons 7-9, and Lessons 10-12
      Additional reading tests
      Audioscripts and answer keys
      Testing Program audio MP3 files
    All tests are available in PDFs, in editable RTFs, and via the Brownstone Test Generator.
    Tests can be administered via print or online.

 

Next : Lesson Tour >

Lesson Tour

Download a Sample Lesson Unit 3

Every Promenades lesson is supported by a range of activities, media, audio, and resources that will engage and support students and bring French come to life!

Here is a preview of some of the media and resources that accompany Unit 3:

  • Roman-photo

    Fully integrated with Promenades, the 26 Roman-photo episodes present the adventure of four university students in France. Students will see and hear characters using the vocabulary and grammar being studied.

  • Flash culture

    For one lesson of each unit, a Flash culture segment allows students to expierience the sights and sounds of France, the French-speaking world, and the daily life of French speakers.  

     

  • Le zapping

    Le zapping features TV commercials and two short films from the francophone world. These clips expose students to contemporary culture and media, and synthesize what students have learned.

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Visit the Promenades Supersite Demo to access the resources that accompany this sample lesson.

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Technology

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The Promenades Supersite provides an expansive set of interactive tools and resources that support teaching and learning: 

    For students
  • Interactive practice with auto-grading and real-time feedback
  • Record-compare-submit pronunciation activities with voice-recording technology—instructors can also record and send responses to students
  • Open-ended activities where students explore and search the Internet
  • Vocabulary and pronunciation practice with native-speaker audio examples
  • Interactive maps with culture notes and reinforcing activities
  • The complete Promenades Video Program
  • MP3 files of the complete textbook and lab audio programs
  • Oxford French mini-dictionary
     
    For instructors
  • A gradebook to manage courses, view rosters, set assignments and post announcements
  • The complete Instructor's Resource Manual in PDFs (activity handouts, answers to textbook activities, information gap activities, audio scripts, video scripts, video script translations, supplemental vocabulary)
  • Record-submit assessments—orally recorded
    end-of-lesson tests
  • The complete Testing Program
  • MP3 files of the Textbook, Lab, and Testing Program
  • Structures PowerPoint® presentation slides for classroom use
  • WB/LM/VM Answer Key
  • Overhead transparencies
  • Lesson plans
  • Streaming video
  • Complete access to the Student Supersite