Independent reading and writing practice.

Develops independent reading and writing skills. Ideal as a self-access resource. All answers, explanations, student feedback and model essays provided.

It is always a challenge to get students reading texts in French without a dictionary. Facettes de la France contemporaine: Lecture et mise en pratique Livre 2 is a fully photocopiable book designed to complement existing advanced level French course books by giving students extra practice in reading longer texts independently.

This book is made up of 8 free-standing dossiers covering the following topics:

• Les risques pris par les jeunes
• L’énergie et le terrorisme
• Les dangers de l’Internet
• L’obésité en France
• Les changements apportés par les nouvelles technologies
• La publicité et les jeunes
• L’estime de soi
• L’importance du look pour les jeunes.

This book enables students to:

• develop the skills to read longer texts on their own
• engage in useful topic-related work
• practise for AS/A2 exam questions
• improve I.B. exam grades in Text-Handling
• improve their writing skills
• work on their own (answers, explanations and model essays are provided)

Facettes de la France contemporaine Livre 2 is based on authentic written texts from a wide variety of sources, combined with a lively, interesting and carefully-structured series of exercises which teach students how to read longer texts in French. All the instructions are phrased in easily-accessible French, and concise and clear notes on grammar and style arising from the texts are provided where appropriate. The progress of the student is supported throughout each unit not only by the graded exercises but also by a Corrigés et Explications section which provides the correct answers backed up by explanations. Model essays are also provided for the essay set in each unit.