Foundations French 1
A lively and popular introductory textbook teaching French to absolute beginners working in a classroom setting. A diverse range of dialogues, video clips, and reading passages deliver new material which is carefully practised in a wide variety of imaginative exercises, both individually and in pair- and groupwork, and backed up by structured grammatical underpinning and exercises.
Foundations Languages courses are tailor-made for undergraduates and other students on Institution-wide Languages Programmes (IWLPs), languages options and electives, ab initio and minor routes in languages, and open learning programmes at universities and in Adult Education. Foundations French 1 assumes no previous knowledge.
Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bloomsbury-foundation-languages. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost. Included are: accompanying audio and video, a substantial self-study section with practice material for homework and revision, and for extension purposes.
Dounia Bissar is Lecturer in French at the University of Essex, UK. She was formerly French Coordinator on the Open Language Programme at London Metropolitan University, UK, where she developed the course syllabi, assessment instruments and teaching and learning materials.
Helen Phillips is Staff Tutor (Languages) at The Open University in Wales/Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru, UK. She was previously Director and founder of the Open Language Programme at London Metropolitan University and then Deputy Director of Applied Foreign Languages at the University of Bristol Language Centre.
Cécile Tschirhart is Head of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience at the Cass, London Metropolitan University, UK. She was formerly Director of the Open Language Programme, and she has also taught at Liverpool John Moores University and City of Liverpool Community College. She is a Senior and National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.