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Book SynopsisENCORE is an exciting intermediate-level French program that uses an engaging mystery film of the same title to help you to continue to learn about and appreciate the richness and beauty of the French language, and explore the fascinating and diverse cultures of France and the French-speaking world. The textbook ENCORE will help you solidify the vocabulary and grammar you learned in your elementary French courses while at the same time helping you to develop the language skills needed to become an intermediate-level user of French.
Table of ContentsCHAPITRE PR��LIMINAIRE: PREMI��RES RENCONTRES. Vocabulaire: Nos amis francophones; Premi��res impressions. Grammaire: Idiomatic expressions with ��tre and avoir; futur proche; present tense of stem-changing verbs; depuis; the imperative. 1. LES SYMBOLES. Vocabulaire: La fleur de lys; graffiti, tag, tatouages, henna. Grammaire: The present tense of the irregular verbs offrir, plaire, soutenir, construire, servir; Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles; Pronominal verbs: reflexive, reciprocal, and idiomatic; s���agir de. Les cultures francophones: Que signifie la Tour Eiffel?; Le tatouage des ��les Marquises. Lecture: Calligrammes, Guillaume Apollinaire (poems). 2. LES VALEURS. Vocabulaire: Quelques valeurs du monde francophone; poser des questions sur des valeurs, c���est une bonne id��e? Grammaire: Prepositions of location and for modes of transportation; the pronoun y; interrogative adverbs; the interrogative adjective quel; Interrogative pronouns. Les cultures francophones: Le Qu��bec chante ses valeurs; Zachary Richard chante les valeurs des Am��riques. Lecture: Les filles de Caleb, Arlette Cousture (excerpt from a novel). 3. LA FAMILLE. Vocabulaire: La famille fran��aise en pleine ��volution; L���influence de la famille sur qui nous sommes. Grammaire: Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns; agreement and position of irregular adjectives; pronominal adjectives; le pass�� compos�� with avoir and ��tre (including irregular past participles and reflexive verbs). Les cultures francophones: Vie de famille et une carri��re professionnelle; l���adoption, un autre concept de la famille. Lecture: ���Entretien avec Nathalie Monsaint-Baudry: L�����ducation fran��aise, un mod��le unique et sup��rieur?��� (excerpt from a magazine interview). 4. L���IDENTIT��. Vocabulaire: D��fense de l���identit�� culturelle; l���identit�� personnelle. Grammaire: Direct object pronouns with the present, the pass�� compos��, and commands; the pronoun en; Indirect object pronouns with the present, the pass�� compos��, and commands; The conditional: irregular verbs; double object pronouns. Les cultures francophones: Jamel Debbouze, humoriste d���identit�� franco-marocaine; Lalla Essaydi, photographe marocaine: L���identit�� de la femme. Lecture: Ru, Kim Th��y (excerpt from a novel). 5. L���AMITI��. Vocabulaire: Et pour vous, qu���est-ce que l���amiti��?; De la camaraderie �� l���amiti��. Grammaire: The pass�� compos�� of courir, rire, suivre, mourir, conduire, savoir, conna��tre; time expressions (pendant, depuis, il y a (que), ��a fait que, voil�� que); Adverbs: categories of; position; The imparfait and the pass�� compose. Les cultures francophones: L���amiti�� franco-qu��b��coise; L���amiti�� entre les nations. Lecture: Une si longue lettre, Mariama B�� (excerpt from a novel). 6. LES APPARENCES. Vocabulaire: L���apparence physique dans le monde francophone; Notre apparence physique en fonction des circonstances. Grammaire: Comparatives and superlatives (nouns, adjectives, adverbs); Relative pronouns (qui, que, dont), and indefinite relative pronouns (ce qui, ce que, ce dont); Plus-que-parfait (form and use). Les cultures francophones: Chanel, symbole de l�����l��gance; La voile: mode (musulmane) ou religion. Lecture: La parure, Guy de Maupassant (excerpt from a short story). 7. LES D��FIS. Vocabulaire: Quelques d��fis du monde francophone; La vie n���est pas un long fleuve tranquille. Grammaire: The subjunctive: expressing obligation, will, and emotion; The subjunctive and the indicative expressing: opinion, doubt, and uncertainty; The subjunctive with conjunctions; the past subjunctive. Les cultures francophones: La langue fran��aise et ses d��fis; La rage de Katrina. Lecture: Entretien avec le chanteur Corneille: Corneille raconte son drame (excerpt from an online interview). 8. LA CONFIANCE. Vocabulaire: Confiance ou m��fiance?; Faire confiance aux gens. Grammaire: Futur simple (regular, spelling-change, irregular forms; usage); Negative expressions; Demonstrative pronouns (celui, celle, ceux, celles, ceci, cela, ��a); the pronoun lequel. Les cultures francophones: Confiance en ���Made in France���; Antilles: Crise de confiance. Lecture: Le contrat de mariage, Honor�� de Balzac (excerpt from a novel). 9. LES ATTRAITS. Vocabulaire: Les grandes villes et leurs attractions; La beaut�� dans le monde francophone. Grammaire: Indefinite adjectives and pronouns; Prepositions followed by infinitives; Past conditional; si-clauses. Les cultures francophones: La beaut�� des paysages d���outre-mer; S��n��gal: le mouton le plus attirant! Lecture: L���Avare (extrait de l���Acte I, Sc��ne 2) de Moli��re (excerpt from a play). 10. LE BONHEUR. Vocabulaire: Qu���est-ce que le bonheur?; Francophones: Fiers et heureux de l�����tre! Grammaire: Future perfect; Present participle; past infinitive; Causative faire. Les cultures francophones: Bonheurs d�����criture (Maryse Cond��, auteur antillaise); Au pays du bonheur: La Suisse. Lecture: Le cancre de Jacques Pr��vert (poem).
