Horizons, Student Edition
Introductory French
7th Edition
Published on 1. January 2018
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-337-56826-5 (ISBN)
Description
HORIZONS is a complete elementary French program that makes learning French easier through its step-by-step skill-building methodology, flexible and accessible approach to grammar and new vocabulary, and creative and sophisticated coverage of Francophone culture. Through varied interactive activities and clear grammar explanations, the text helps students communicate effectively in French while culturally connecting them to the Francophone world. HORIZONS features a clear, easy-to-follow structure that is ideal for instructors with any level of teaching experience. HORIZONS carefully guides students Competence by Competence, through their first year of elementary French.
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Edition
7th Student edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Mason, OH
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Student edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1098 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-337-56826-5 (9781337568265)
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Joan Manley | John McMinn-Reyna | Stuart Smith
Horizons Intro French
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01/2026
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Persons
Joan Manley is Professor Emeritus from the University of Texas at El Paso. During her 33 years as a faculty member, she gave over 100 workshops and conference presentations and authored 50 journal articles. She was a trainer and tester of the Oral Proficiency Interview, which led to the current emphasis on skill building and proficiency as exemplified in teaching programs such as HORIZONS. Stuart Smith received her degrees and her first training and experience in teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. She has been teaching at Austin Community College since 1981 and has been authoring foreign language textbook and textbook materials since 1986. John McMinn-Reyna is Professor of French and Spanish at Austin Community College, where he has taught since 1986. After doing graduate studies in Romance Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin, he also worked as an editor of high school and college-level programs. Marc Andre Prevost received his degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. He taught seven years at The University of Texas and starting in 1986, he was a professor at Austin Community College. He has coauthored foreign language textbooks since 1986.
Content
Part I: LE MONDE FRANCOPHONE.
Chapitre Preliminaire: On commence!
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: Le monde francophone.
COMPETENCE 1. Greeting people. Les formules de politesse. Les salutations familieres.
COMPETENCE 2. Counting and describing your week. Les nombres de zero a cinquante-neuf. Les jours de la semaine.
COMPETENCE 3. Talking about yourself and your schedule. Un autoportrait. L'heure.
COMPETENCE 4. Communicating in class. En cours. Des expressions utiles et l'alphabet.
Comparaisons culturelles. L'heure officielle.
Part II: SUR LA COTE D'AZUR.
Chapitre 1. A l'universite.
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: La Cote d'Azur.
COMPETENCE 1: Identifying and describing people. Les gens a l'universite. Describing people: Les pronoms sujets, le verbe etre, la negation et quelques adjectifs. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Using cognates and familiar words to read for the gist. Lecture: Qui est-ce?
COMPETENCE 2: Describing people: La description des gens. Describing and comparing people: D'autres adjectifs et le comparatif. Asking what someone is like: Les questions.
COMPETENCE 3: Describing the university area. Le campus et le quartier. Saying what there is: Le genre, l'article indefini et l'expression il y a. Identifying people and things: C'est ou il est / elle est.
COMPETENCE 4: Talking about your studies. L'universite et les cours. Identifying people and things: L'article defini.
VIDEO-REPRISE: Les Stagiaires: Episode 1 Comment sont-ils?
LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Scanning to preview a text. Lecture: L'accent grave. Pour mieux ecrire: Using and combining what you know. Composition: Un autoportrait.
COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Les etudes.
RESUME DE GRAMMAIRE.
VOCABULAIRE.
Chapitre 2. Apres les cours.
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: A Nice.
COMPETENCE 1: Saying what you like to do. Le temps libre et les loisirs. Saying what you like to do: L'infinitif. Strategies et Comprehension auditive: Pour mieux comprendre: Listening for specific information. Comprehension auditive: On sort ensemble?
COMPETENCE 2: Saying how you spend your free time. Le week-end. Telling what one does, how often, and how well: Les verbes en -er, le pronom on et les adverbes. Saying what one does: Quelques verbes a changements orthographiques.
COMPETENCE 3: Asking about someone's day. La journee. Asking for information: Les mots interrogatifs. Asking questions: Les questions par inversion.
COMPETENCE 4: Going to the cafe. Au cafe. Paying the bill: Les nombres de soixante a cent et l'argent.
VIDEO-REPRISE: Les Stagiaires: Episode 2 Elle est belle, non?
LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Making intelligent guesses. Lecture: Au Vieux Port de Nice. Pour mieux ecrire: Using logical order and standard phrases. Composition: Au cafe.
COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Les cafes en France.
RESUME DE GRAMMAIRE.
VOCABULAIRE.
Part III: EN AMERIQUE: AU QUEBEC ET EN NOUVELLE-ANGLETERRE.
Chapitre 3. Un nouvel appartement.
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: En Amerique: Au Quebec et en Nouvelle-Angleterre.
COMPETENCE 1: Talking about where you live. Le logement. Giving prices and other numerical information: Les nombres au-dessus de 100 et les nombres ordinaux. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Guessing meaning from context. Lecture: Un nouvel appartement.
COMPETENCE 2: Talking about your possessions. Dans le salon. Saying what you have: Le verbe avoir. Saying where something is: Quelques prepositions.
COMPETENCE 3: Describing your room. Les meubles et les couleurs. Describing things: La place de l'adjectif. Identifying your belongings: La possession et les adjectifs possessifs.
COMPETENCE 4: Giving your address and phone number. Des renseignements. Telling which one: Les adjectifs ce et quel.
VIDEO-REPRISE: Les Stagiaires: Episode 3 Un nouvel appartement.
LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Previewing content. Lecture: Les couleurs et leurs effets sur la nature humaine. Pour mieux ecrire: Brainstorming. Composition: Un mail.
COMPARAISONS CULTUREL
Chapitre Preliminaire: On commence!
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: Le monde francophone.
COMPETENCE 1. Greeting people. Les formules de politesse. Les salutations familieres.
COMPETENCE 2. Counting and describing your week. Les nombres de zero a cinquante-neuf. Les jours de la semaine.
COMPETENCE 3. Talking about yourself and your schedule. Un autoportrait. L'heure.
COMPETENCE 4. Communicating in class. En cours. Des expressions utiles et l'alphabet.
Comparaisons culturelles. L'heure officielle.
Part II: SUR LA COTE D'AZUR.
Chapitre 1. A l'universite.
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: La Cote d'Azur.
COMPETENCE 1: Identifying and describing people. Les gens a l'universite. Describing people: Les pronoms sujets, le verbe etre, la negation et quelques adjectifs. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Using cognates and familiar words to read for the gist. Lecture: Qui est-ce?
COMPETENCE 2: Describing people: La description des gens. Describing and comparing people: D'autres adjectifs et le comparatif. Asking what someone is like: Les questions.
COMPETENCE 3: Describing the university area. Le campus et le quartier. Saying what there is: Le genre, l'article indefini et l'expression il y a. Identifying people and things: C'est ou il est / elle est.
COMPETENCE 4: Talking about your studies. L'universite et les cours. Identifying people and things: L'article defini.
VIDEO-REPRISE: Les Stagiaires: Episode 1 Comment sont-ils?
LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Scanning to preview a text. Lecture: L'accent grave. Pour mieux ecrire: Using and combining what you know. Composition: Un autoportrait.
COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Les etudes.
RESUME DE GRAMMAIRE.
VOCABULAIRE.
Chapitre 2. Apres les cours.
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: A Nice.
COMPETENCE 1: Saying what you like to do. Le temps libre et les loisirs. Saying what you like to do: L'infinitif. Strategies et Comprehension auditive: Pour mieux comprendre: Listening for specific information. Comprehension auditive: On sort ensemble?
COMPETENCE 2: Saying how you spend your free time. Le week-end. Telling what one does, how often, and how well: Les verbes en -er, le pronom on et les adverbes. Saying what one does: Quelques verbes a changements orthographiques.
COMPETENCE 3: Asking about someone's day. La journee. Asking for information: Les mots interrogatifs. Asking questions: Les questions par inversion.
COMPETENCE 4: Going to the cafe. Au cafe. Paying the bill: Les nombres de soixante a cent et l'argent.
VIDEO-REPRISE: Les Stagiaires: Episode 2 Elle est belle, non?
LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Making intelligent guesses. Lecture: Au Vieux Port de Nice. Pour mieux ecrire: Using logical order and standard phrases. Composition: Au cafe.
COMPARAISONS CULTURELLES: Les cafes en France.
RESUME DE GRAMMAIRE.
VOCABULAIRE.
Part III: EN AMERIQUE: AU QUEBEC ET EN NOUVELLE-ANGLETERRE.
Chapitre 3. Un nouvel appartement.
GEOCULTURE ET VIDEO-VOYAGE: En Amerique: Au Quebec et en Nouvelle-Angleterre.
COMPETENCE 1: Talking about where you live. Le logement. Giving prices and other numerical information: Les nombres au-dessus de 100 et les nombres ordinaux. Strategies et Lecture: Pour mieux lire: Guessing meaning from context. Lecture: Un nouvel appartement.
COMPETENCE 2: Talking about your possessions. Dans le salon. Saying what you have: Le verbe avoir. Saying where something is: Quelques prepositions.
COMPETENCE 3: Describing your room. Les meubles et les couleurs. Describing things: La place de l'adjectif. Identifying your belongings: La possession et les adjectifs possessifs.
COMPETENCE 4: Giving your address and phone number. Des renseignements. Telling which one: Les adjectifs ce et quel.
VIDEO-REPRISE: Les Stagiaires: Episode 3 Un nouvel appartement.
LECTURE ET COMPOSITION: Pour mieux lire: Previewing content. Lecture: Les couleurs et leurs effets sur la nature humaine. Pour mieux ecrire: Brainstorming. Composition: Un mail.
COMPARAISONS CULTUREL