Horizons, Student Edition: Introductory French

HORIZONS is user-friendly for instructors of all backgrounds and includes annotations to indicate lesson plans, suggest additional activities, and provide further cultural and linguistic information. Strategies and cues for learning new vocabulary and structures, making use of concise and clear grammar explanations, and making use of self-checks and the grammar reviews render learning easier for students.

HORIZONS has a clear, easy-to-follow structure, with each chapter organized by four color-coded “Compétence” sections based on a specific language function. This organization facilitates effective instruction and enhances student learning.

HORIZONS strongly emphasizes the importance of effective learning strategies with expanded reading and listening strategies and reading and writing strategies included throughout the text. Reading and writing activities include an appealing mix of literary readings and magazine-style articles.

Grammar review sections called “Résumé de grammaire” are located at the end of each chapter to reinforce the student-friendly organization by summarizing new grammar from the chapter on a two-page spread to make for easy student review.