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Ce mois-ci nous complétons notre catalogue de romans bilingues avec deux nouveaux titres: un pour les adolescents, et un pour les adolescents/adultes.

Ne manquez pas la fiche-jeux sur deux personnages très malicieux, Oops et Ohlala.

Découvrez aussi nos abonnements à la presse Française. Ci-dessous, nous faisons nos recommendations pour les abonnements les plus prisés par les élèves d'école primaire et secondaire. Pour découvrir d'autres magazines et journaux, veuillez visiter notre site. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous cherchez quelque chose de spécifique.

Pour ceux et celles qui l'avaient manqué, la fiche pédagogique sur Le Petit Nicolas de la newsletter précédente est en ligne sur le Teachers' Corner.

Bonne lecture!

 Oops & Ohlala: first steps in English   

The Oops & Ohlala series offers 2-to-5-year-olds a first but genuine immersion in a foreign language, thanks to the pleasure of reading. Oops and Ohlala live toddlers' daily lives: they get dressed, eat, play, celebrate a friend's birthday... Ohlala speaks French, Oops answers in English and, of course, they often make a mess of things, which makes their adventures entertaining.

This month, Christine has made up a very special 'fiche-jeux' (a pedagogical game) to accompany the book Bathtime! Au Bain!. It is free to download here.

Great for pre-primary and primary school, the proposed activity will enable acquisition of 'bathtime' vocabulary and introduction to basic prepositions (sur, sous, dans...).

manuscript_new.gif New Bilingual Books

Bilingual books are a great way to start putting one's French into practise. Two new titles are now on our catalogue, for teenagers and adults. With one chapter in English and the next one in French, students will have to switch languages to find out what happens next!

Secret Passage is a brand new title from the Dual Books series. Every summer, Amy and Scotty spend their holidays in the South of France, with their parents. But this year is different: they are moving into the old fortified castle of the village. With their French friends, Camille and Julien, they discover a secret passage in the castle that goes to... the 15th century! A great title for high school students learning French.

I Love Paris is Talents Hauts' first bilingual books for adults and upper high school students. Pierre, a single father, is hosting his daughter's American pen-pal, Michelle, for a stay in Paris. Pierre's daughter is away, studying in Bordeaux. But when Michelle arrives from New York, Pierre's confusion begins: Michelle is much older than his daughter... and she's single. Reading their intimate (and funny) journals, we watch Pierre and Michelle's relationship grow – against great cultural and gender odds!

French Magazine & Press Subscriptions

Le Forum now offers subscriptions to all French press.

So what best than to help your students engage with contemporary French while regularly receiving magazines they will love and devour?

Subscribe your school or class to a French magazine or newspaper and buy it up to 10% cheaper than what you could buy directly from France (discount included in the prices on our website).

There is something for every age! We recommend for primary school students the magazines Papoum and Pirouette. For high school students, we recommend Le Petit Léonard, Le journal des enfants, Le monde des ados, Les p'tites sorcières and Jeune et Jolie.

Talking about food

"Quand l'appétit va, tout va!"

Here are selected for you five great ressources to talk about food in the classroom.

Chez les Marchands is an activity book in which children must find out who sells what food.

La chenille qui fait des trous is a children's classic about a veeeery hungry catterpillar.

A picture book about all foods, from production to consumption, L'imagerie des petits gourmands is essential in all classrooms.

Cook at school, with Miam!, a delicious recipe book written in the present tense that will transform any child in a cooking masterchef.

And for the year 11 and 12's, Bon appétit! is a booklet and audio CD that will get students talking about food with ease in even the poshest of French restaurants.

Also recommended: the DVD Ratatouille, the bilingual book Crazy Cake / Un drôle de gâteau, the children's book Je veux des pâtes! and Cajoline - Bon appétit!

Bien-dire, the magazine of learners of French

Current issue: July/August 2009, No.65

Recommended for Year 11 and 12 students, and students of intermediate and advanced levels.

Difficult vocabulary is translated, a level for each article is indicated and recordings are available on an audio CD.

Content:

Quinze jours en Provence
Découvrir les puces de Paris
Dix Français à remercier
Le célèbre photographe: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Marseille se prépare pour 2013
La France - pays du vin ?

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Bien-Dire Essentials

To complement your learning experience with the magazine, the publisher of Bien-Dire has just released two new Essentials:

Dialogues pour tous les jours

From the markets to taking subways, the banks to choosing a gift, daily life in France is full of opportunities to converse and interact. This compilation from Bien-dire magazine covers 13 everyday situations. 60-minute CD with transcription booklet.

Conversations entre amis (never published before!)

Improve your spontaneous conversations in French. Meet four French friends and listen as they discuss topics at a natural speed. Test comprehension with exercises and build your skills to interact and participate naturally. 60-minute CD with booklet.

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