Atelier, Student Edition, Spiral bound Version

ONLINE ACTIVITIES. The program is distinct in that the online learning platform is meticulously crafted to introduce new material through a carefully sequenced combination of narrated videos and images, followed by practice. This makes the program useful for fully online, hybrid, flipped or traditional classroom settings. Even for a traditional classroom, assigning Jérémie, the online grammar teacher, allows the classroom instructor to have more time for communicative activities.

UNIQUE STUDENT MANUAL. The Atelier Class Manual provides high interest themes with well scaffolded activities that offer students the support they need to discuss topics of genuine personal interest. This scaffolding helps bridge the gap between students’ limited French proficiency and the more extensive thoughts they’d like to express. For example, on the topic of living situations, students receive an extensive list of amenities which they are asked to prioritize. This results in interesting, meaningful interactions in the classroom.

DIVERSE FRANCOPHONE PERSPECTIVES. Francophone perspectives are consistently incorporated within its Module themes and the Perspectives Culturelles features. For example, the topic “travail en évolution” introduces what young people in the French-speaking world look for in the work world and shows the increased importance of a business’s values. It profiles a young French woman and Canadian man talking about their work and what matters most to them in their jobs.