Liaisons: An Introduction to French

by Wynne Wong, Stacey Weber-Fève, Edouard Ousselin

LIAISONS is an innovative beginning-level French program firmly grounded in principles of communicative language teaching and research in second language acquisition. Components of the program are carefully linked together, showing students how they can make connections with their classmates, their instructor, their community, and the French-speaking world. With an engaging mystery film shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, and Paris, the program provides a rich array of communicative activities designed to stimulate interaction inside and outside the classroom. The underlying pedagogical framework in LIAISONS asks students to first discover new vocabulary and grammar through different mediums, then connect form and meaning through a set of confidence-building activities, and finally, actively create language.

Genres: Nonfiction

592 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2011

Reviews

[Emily Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF.

I used it for first semester French, but do not plan to continue taking the class in college. The book itself is alright but the website and software the company uses is honestly a piece of crap. Also, there are several errors in the book and online, which is not good. French is not an official language of the U.S. no matter what the textbook says.