Workbook/Lab Manual to accompany Vis-à-vis: Beginning French [Paperback]

Evelyne Amon (Author), Judith Muyskens (Author), Alice C. Omaggio Hadley (Author)

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About the Author

Evelyne Amon studied at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne. She holds a DEA in modern literature, a Diplôme de didactique des langues in French as a second language, and a CAPES in modern literature. She has taught French language and literature at the secondary and college levels, and for many years has led a training seminar in Switzerland for professors on advances in methodology and pedagogy. Lately, she has conducted several training sessions in teaching French as a second language for teachers at the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in New York. As an author, she has written many reference volumes, textbooks, and academic studies for French publishers such as Larousse, Hatier, Magnard, and Bordas, and she is currently working on a project for Hachette. She is the author of the McGraw-Hill French reader C’est la vie! and has written for successive editions of Vis-à-vis. She lives in Paris and New York.

Judith A. Muyskens, Ph.D., Ohio State University, is Provost and Professor of French at Nebraska Wesleyan University. She was recently a Professor of Humanities at Colby-Sawyer College, New Hampshire, where she served as Vice President for Advancement. She continues to teach French language courses when time allows, especially first- and second-year language classes. For many years, she taught courses in methodology and French language and culture and supervised teaching assistants at the University of Cincinnati. She has contributed to various professional publications, including the Modern Language Journal, Foreign Language Annals, and the ACTFL Foreign Language Education Series. She is a coauthor of several other French textbooks, including Rendez-vous: An Invitation to French and À vous d’écrire.

Alice C. Omaggio Hadley, Ph.D., Ohio State University, is a Professor Emerita of French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a coauthor of the French text Rendez-vous: An Invitation to French and is the author of a language teaching methods text, Teaching Language in Context. Her publications have appeared in various professional journals, and she has given numerous workshops throughout the country.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 4 edition (March 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073289469
• ISBN-13: 978-0073289465
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great For Hands on People, August 8, 2008

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This review is from: Workbook/Lab Manual to accompany Vis-a-vis: Beginning French (Paperback)

It seems that the other reviews aren't really for the book at all, but for personal short-sightedness or bad service. I'd like to offer a review that actually talks about the BOOK.

This workbook is great, especially for people who are hands-on. My French class uses online homework, which is fine, but there's something more helpful about having to write it down yourself. The workbook offers answers in the back and the exercises are challenging, yet doable. I also feel that the workbook's exercises help you apply the French that you're learning really well. When my teacher offered worksheets from this workbook to do in class, I found that what we were studying stuck better in my mind. I would recommend this workbook, and it's a shame they don't offer it as an option to buy at my university bookstore. (I'm actually using the workbook as a brush-up from a summer of no French while heading into a second year of classes.)

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy the Text/Workbook Package, July 25, 2006

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Even though this workbook has the option of being bundled with the textbook, don't buy them together. I needed the 3rd Edition, but ended up getting a 3rd edition textbook and 2nd edition workbook. Just buy them seperately and you'll be ok, just make sure you know what you're getting before you click buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite Useful, July 1, 2009

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Having completed Rosetta Stone French v3 and now "starting over" with Vis-a-Vis French, I'm finding the workbook and online materials to be very helpful for home study purposes.