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This collection from Hachette, created to replace the Textes en Français Facile, is designed for adolescents and adults who like to read texts that are simplified yet sophisticated. You will find classics, biographies and civilization easy readers. These books exist in three levels: beginning (500-900 words), intermediate (900-1500 words), and advanced (1500 words+). Read, understand and enjoy!
BEGINNING LEVEL $11.25 Each
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL $11.25 Each
ADVANCED LEVEL $11.25 Each
Enjoy classic French literature in an abridged, simplified version. This collection has four different levels for all your French classes. Less common vocabulary or unusual usage is defined at the bottom of the page.
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These colorfully illustrated new easy readers with audio CDs (mp3 format for longer texts) are designed to interest the adolescent student with science fiction, fantasy, adventure, detective, and slice-of-life stories broken down into 6-8 chapters each. The collection is structured with attention to two levels of literacy. Each book includes an additional French-language glossary, a post-novella activity section with answers, and features characters from both Le Mag and Le Kiosque textbook series.
"Teen Readers" spark the interest of young adults from 11 to 17 years, while enhancing their French reading, comprehension, and vocabulary skills. This series contains a wide range of vocabulary for beginning readers, as well as cultural information. $12.95 Each
First Year Mini Novels / 300 Words
Beginning and intermediate levels of comprehension and vocabulary are met through this series of contemporary stories. French students will enjoy stories ranging from high adventure, mystery, to drama. Each book offers a cassette tape that stimulates auditory skills as well as oral skills.
Beginning-Intermediate Level. These thrillers contain 20 entertaining episodes presented in theater formats. Dramatized versions of the episodes appear on the tapes to develop listening and pronunciation skills. After each section, there is a series of questions and a glossary is included. The Teacher's Kit includes the text, cassettes, and teacher's guide, plus the workbook when it is available.
Each of these readers is calibrated to the grated level and contains vocabularies and review exercises to practice your students' reading comprehension and help them build vocabulary and structure to enhance speaking and writing skills. Also included is information on French culture and civilization.
LES LECTURES Softcover, 70 pp $14.95 Each
Exercises and activity pages throughout each book makes these beginning readers ideal for retention and development. A twenty five minute audio CD is included with each of these books to familiarize students with the spoken language. Different types of presentation such as puzzle-solving and role plays make the stories interesting and dynamic for older Elementary & Middle school students.
PLAISIR DE LIRE Softcover, 24 pp $8.95 Each
These classic stories written in beginning French will increase your students' vocabulary and help them learn new language structure.
This collection from CLE International is written in simple French and is organized into four levels based on learned vocabulary. Each book includes a section defining the difficult words and a section of questions to evaluate the students' understanding. The MP3 CD aids aural comprehension and includes music.
Level 1 (400 - 700 words)
ABOUT, E.
DAUDET, A.
DE TROYES, C.
DUMAS, A.
LE ROY, E.
LEROUX, G.
MALO, H.
PERGAUD, L.
SAND, G.
VERNE, J.
Level 2 (700 to 1200 words)
BALZAC, H. de
DUMAS, A.
GAUTIER, T.
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HUGO, V.
MAUPASSANT, G. de
SAINT-PIERRE, B. de
SIMENON, G.
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ROUSSEL
STENDHAL
VERNE, J.
Level 3 (1200 to 1700 words)
BALZAC, H. de
LEROUX, G.
ZOLA, E.
Level 4 (1700 words +)
FLAUBERT, G.
Designed especially for the adolescent, this collection of graphic graded stories features a colorful addition to the traditional reader. Classic plays, novels and narratives have been adapted into a graphic format in order to help students discover the joy of reading in French. The three levels of difficulty progress grammatically. There is an activity guide at the end of each book to assist absorption of the material, and the corresponding CDs feature professional actors who help the richness of the characters come to life.
Level 1 (300- 500 words)
CL6101 La Morte Amoureuse $12.95 ISBN:9782090316100
Level 2 (500 - 800 words)
Level 3 (800 - 1000 words)
CL6276 La Revolte des Ordinateurs $12.95 ISBN:9782090316278Level 4 (1000 - 1700 words)
DV443 FRENCH STORIES
$12.95
Edited by W.Fowlie, softcover, 330 pp. ISBN:9780486264431
This dual language book draws its stories from two centuries of French literature and spans a wide variety of styles and philosophies. Here you will find selections by Voltaire, Balzac, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Maupassant, Claudel, Gide, Mauriac, Aymé and Camus. Also included in the book are a French/English vocabulary list, textual notes and exercises to confirm the students’ understanding of the themes.
DOV1786 FIRST FRENCH READER: A Beginner's Dual Language Book $11.95
Softcover, 205 pp. ISBN:9780486461786
This excellent anthology introduces newcomers to 50 great writers. Beginners can get their first taste of Voltaire, Rousseau, Balzac, Baudelaire, and Proust with passages from The Red and the Black, Les Misérables, Madame Bovary, and other classics. Original French text plus English translation on facing pages. Introduction, new English translations, and notes by Stanley Appelbaum.
NTC2822 PREMIERS POEMES
$39.95
Weinreb, softcover. ISBN:9780844212821
Created for beginning to intermediate students, this anthology of 38 poems also contains exercises to develop vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills.
NTC0196 SIX CONTES DE MAUPASSANT
$19.95
R.De Sales, Softcover, 48 pp., ISBN:9780844210193
Especially adapted for intermediate students, this book is an ideal introduction to Maupassant’s tales. The irony and insight that marked his stories is found in these selections taken from his most popular works.
NTC4043 HISTOIRES CELEBRES
$16.95
R.De Sales, Softcover, 48 pp., ISBN:9780844214047
Four short stories, one each from Zola, Daudet, Maupassant and Theuriet, adapted for intermediate students are found in this collection. Questions follow each tale so the students have opportunity to practice their French.
MGH8488 EASY FRENCH READER
$10.95
R.De Roussy, Softcover, 224 pp., ISBN:9780071428484
Easy French Reader begins with the adventures of two friends, an American and a Parisian, as they learn about their respective cultures. This is followed by readings on the history of France, from ancient Gaul to the present. The final section features four abridged short stories by famous French authors. The progressive format makes it easy to quickly build comprehension, marginal word glossaries conveniently present new words and phrases, and exercises challenge comprehension and build reading skills. This attractive new editions fully updated features appealing new artwork and expanded exercises.
PG5430 SHORT STORIES IN FRENCH
$14.00
New Pemguin Parallel Text, Softcover, 240 pp., ISBN:9780140265439
This new volume of twelve short stories, with parallel translations, offers students of French at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.
Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes, from Boulanger’s exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition, to the sardonic tales of Frederic Fajardie and Sylvie Massicotte. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.
MGH1398 BETTER READING FRENCH $13.95
Annie Hemingway , Softcover, 223 pp., ISBN:007191398
With the authentic materials provided in this series, readers will be able to peruse a Latin Grammys write-up in Spanish, a feature on Alain Ducasse’s favorite recipes in French, or a review of a Milan fashion show in Italian. Readings on everything from music and sports to cinema and contemporary family life are arranged in increasing difficulty within chapters. Learners will find instructions and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. This reader and guide will improve your student’s understanding of written French..
BT2712 LES PORTES TORDUES, The Scariest Way in the world to learn French
$34.95
Kathie Dior, Softcover, 163 pp., ISBN:9780971022713
The author has created a bilingual 46-chapter mystery adventure with line-by-line French/English text which uniquely integrates French vocabulary, grammar, expressions, tests and answers into each chapter. The illustrated book is accompanied by an audio CD narrated by a native French university instructor. Created for beginning and intermediate students ages 12 and up, Les Portes Tordues is currently being taught by the author at Purdue University’s Gifted Education Resource Institute.
This series has taken fascinating original classics and adapted them to short, manageable reading for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Each book contains helpful footnotes and every chapters reading is accentuated with grammar and vocabulary exercises. A cassette is available for each book to assist students in listening and comprehension skills. Great for the individual student or the class. All in French. Softcover, 80-124 pp.
ZORRO! (Johnston McCulley)
A collection of texts particularly accessible to all those who are learning French. The type is larger and the textual explanations are easier to understand. $11.95 Each Title
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An excellent collection to assist your students in obtaining a better understanding of each work. Teacher's guides are available for most titles for $9.50 .
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A collection designed especially for FLE students, each annotated book contains the full text in the original French with a panoramic introduction on the author and his time, a chronological table, and exercises to facilitate comprehension and analysis. Teacher's Guides are available for $7.95 Each.
LE GRAND MEAULNES (Alain-Fournier)
LECTURES DU VINGTIÈME SIÈCLE
This collection, adapted for intermediate and advanced students of French, explores the often turbulent terrain of adolescence via the novels of contemporary French and Francophone writers. As an integrated text, the Vingtième series contains helpful vocabulary, colloquial footnotes, and questions at the end of each chapter which assist the reader in obtaining a better understanding of the story. Discussion questions and thematic questions also aid teachers in helping students develop ideas and interpret the story. Teacher's guides are available for $6.95.
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