Chapeau! First-Year French (Dinneen and Madeleine)
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Chapeau! is a first-year college text. Although it may appear, at first glance, to move very fast and introduce a large amount of material early, the vocabulary and grammatical structures that we expect students to control actively by the end of the year are limited in accord with our notion of a reasonable application of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. As a result, while some instructors may be surprised at such things as the absence of the possessive pronoun, no insistence on the use of optional subjunctives, and no active treatment of the relative dont, others may be disturbed by what we still include in a first-year text. What we do expect students to acquire (which is quantitatively less than what we present in the text for them to know about), we believe they will acquire well, providing a sound basis for further study (formal or informal) and permitting us to say to them, both during and at the end of the course, "Chapeau!"
Front Matter
Chapter 1: Flagrant Désir
Chapter 2: Recherche Susan, désespérément
Chapter 3: Rose bonbon
Chapter 4: Les Quatre cents coups
Chapter 5: Les Saisons du Plaisir
Chapter 6: L'Âne qui a bu la lune
Chapter 7: Ça va cogner
Chapter 8: Dernier domicile connu
Chapter 9: Passe ton bac d'abord
Chapter 10: Chambre avec vue
Chapter 11: Et Vogue le navire
Chapter 12: Les ailes du désir
Chapter 13: L'Argent de poche
Chapter 14: Pourvu que ce soit une fille
Chapter 15: L'As de pique
Chapter 16: Manon des sources
Chapter 17: Après la répétition
Chapter 18: Une Langouste au petit déjeuner
Chapter 19: L'État de bonheur permanent
Chapter 20: Pauline à la plage
Chapter 21: La grenouille et la baleine
Chapter 22: La dernière séance
Intégration 1-3: L'Important, c'est d'aimer
Intégration 4-6: La Comédie du travail
French-English Glossary
Intégration 10-12: À Bout de souffle
Intégration 13-15: Éclair de lune
Intégration 7-9: Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe
Pronunciation
Reference Grammar
Verb Tables
Back Matter