Deux mondes: A Communicative Approach Student Edition with Online Center Bind-In Card [Hardcover]

Tracy Terrell (Author), Mary Rogers (Author), Betsy Kerr (Author), Guy Spielmann (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072971878 | ISBN-13: 978-0072971873 | Publication Date: September 7, 2004 | Edition: 5

Deux mondes is widely regarded as the most communicative text available for beginning French courses. Based on the Natural Approach developed by Tracy Terrell and Stephen Krashen, this text offers beginning language students a way to develop language proficiency (especially in listening and speaking) that allows them to participate in real conversations at a very early stage. The Natural Approach in general, and Deux mondes, Fifth Edition in particular, present material inductively (so that the activities drive the grammar), students quickly become excited about their rapid growth in comprehension and vocabulary acquisition and enjoy speaking in the non-threatening environment made possible by the activity formats.

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About the Author

Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrell’s publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.

Mary Bassett Rogers holds her undergraduate and graduate degrees in French from Vanderbilt University. She taught French at Wichita State University for many years, where she became coordinator for foreign language education and supervised teaching assistants. She served as president of the Kansas Foreign Language Association and was a certified tester for the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview for several years. She has given numerous presentations and workshops on second language teaching and has also taught French and second language pedagogy at Friends University (Kansas). Professor Rogers is co-author of ¡Bravo!, a Natural Approach program for teaching Spanish in secondary and middle schools.

Betsy J. Kerr is an Associate Professor of French at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She received her Ph.D. in French linguistics from Indiana University and has published in the areas of French syntax and pragmatics, specializing in the analysis of spoken French discourse. At the University of Minnesota, Professor Kerr (formerly Barnes) teaches courses in French language and linguistics. She also serves as advisor to the director of the Lower Division French Program, a position she has held for many years.

Born and raised in Marseille, Guy Spielmann (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is Associate Professor of French at Georgetown University. He was also Associate Director, then Director of the French School, Middlebury College. He has done research, lectured, and published extensively on second language acquisition and performing arts in Early Modern Europe. He has also pioneered work in the scholarly and pedagogical use of information technology. Visit La Page de Guy at www.georgetown.edu/spielmann.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 5 edition (September 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072971878
• ISBN-13: 978-0072971873
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for begginers...., February 8, 2008

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RAFAEL CORREA (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deux Mondes: A Communicative Approach (French Edition) (Hardcover)

This is a very a good book for starting learn French. However, be aware if you are thinking about buying the Audio and Listening & Comprehension CDs. They cost around U$ 70.00 together, but you can have their contents for free at the book website. Just google "deux monde mcgraw-hill" and hit "I'm feeling luck".

You can listen to (or download) the audio of all lessons, and also do some extra exercises in this website.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good!, October 21, 2011

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hillarybearr - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deux mondes: A communicative approach, Sixth Student Edition (Hardcover)

I ordered the book and was expecting it to be a little torn and tattered but it was actually in great condition. A little writing here and there but the writing was actually beneficial to me so I didn't mind it at all. It also shipped super fast!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Ugh, June 6, 2011

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This review is from: Deux mondes: A communicative approach, Sixth Student Edition (Hardcover)

This book was poorly organized, and I couldn't seem to figure out why it was organized the way that it was. Directions were often confusing, or not forthcoming, and there were multiple occasions where the definitions in the book weren't correct, as I was able to verify through two French majors, a native French speaker, and several dictionaries. The exercises often have the same issues. Contained a fairly substantial amount of vocab, most of which was correct. Definitely didn't help me learn to communicate about anything of great importance (e.g. booking a hotel room, detailed directions, food, beverages, etc).