Glencoe French Level 1: Bienvenue, Student Edition

I started teaching French years ago with Bienvenue by Glencoe- McGraw Hill. Over the years I have taught with many texts but have chosen to return to this one and the texts that follow it in the series: A Bord, Trésors du Temps/ En voyage. The method used is excellent, as are the complementary materials, especially the audiocassettes. Much of the cultural information is of course outdated, so the teacher needs to bring that current information to her students.

I was happy to see my old high school French 1 textbook. Brings me back memories and this particular one was in great condition. Very satisfied.

The book was brand new. It is the book we're following in the French class I'm attending. Excellent. Thank you.

Cheap and great!

Don't like this book at all. It is horrible at explaining anything. Would not recommend this book to anyone.

Good quality book. Excellent material.

I am a student at Moscow State Pedagogical University. I study twolanguages English and French. When I graduate this University I amplanning to be a French language teacher. I have bought this bookbecause I have a friend who is a middle school student in USA. Heasked me to help him with his French over email. He also told me thatthey are using this book in class/ This was a very interesting andchallenging task for me. So once I have got the book I've startedanalyzing it. In this review I would like to share the results of myWork with... shoppers who might want to purchase this book.TheEnglish language is used only when it is absolutely necessary. Topicalvocabulary, which is given at the beginning of each lesson, usesvisual support technique to convey the meaning of the new words andphrases. Grammar explanations are very short and clear. There are alot of oral and written and communication activities in each lessonfor students to choose from. Reading & Culture sections givestudents some pieces of information about the culture of the countrywhose language they are studying. The only minus I can see in thisbook is that there is not enough texts for reading in it. I shall notsay that this is the best textbook one can find for teaching French inmiddle schools because I do not have the latest US national curriculumfor this subject but I shall say that I personally like this book andI am pleased to know that my friend is using it in his study process.

Good for Intermediate French language studies