Features
Flexible integration of the film in the text
The film Encore is integrated into various features of the textbook. Each chapter opener includes a film teaser, Un aperçu sur le film, to give students a glimpse into the film segment they will watch in the lesson. A two-page spread toward the end of each chapter contains pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing activities to help students comprehend and appreciate the segment of the film (each segment is approximately five to eight minutes long) that they are watching. Scenes from the film are used as springboards for the presentation of grammar and provide the context for selected vocabulary and grammar activities. Additionally, in the Synthèse section toward the end of each chapter, students have the opportunity to engage in a task that is based on the film.
Research-based, communicative, input-to-output approach:
Encore is informed by current research in instructed second language acquisition. Using an input-to-output approach, students are first given the chance to work with listening and reading so that they have the opportunity to connect new vocabulary and grammar to meaning before being asked to speak or write. The activities progress from focused to more open-ended and task-based. Moreover, since Encore is paired with an engaging movie, students will have an abundance of exposure to comprehensible input and the chance to engage in meaningful and purposeful interaction about characters and plot.
Chapter openers: Each chapter opener introduces students to the general theme of the chapter with a "Premières impressions" question to activate relevant background knowledge or initial thinking. A list of the chapter's learning objectives follows. Finally, "Un aperçu sur le film," a film teaser activity, prepares students to view/review a segment of the film ENCORE.
Réflexion culturelle: This feature opens the vocabulary lessons in Partie 1 and Partie 2 of each chapter. It encourages students to reflect on the cultural topic of that lesson while also providing cultural information or insight related to France, Québec, and other Francophone countries or communities.
Vocabulaire du texte: This feature contains active vocabulary used in the Réflexion culturelle text in Partie 1 and Partie 2 of each chapter.
Vocabulaire complémentaire: This vocabulary list follows the "Vocabulaire du texte" in Partie 1 and Partie 2 and is composed of additional active vocabulary to facilitate discussion of chapter themes. Included in this list are expressions to help students fulfill the communicative objectives of the chapter.
Les cultures francophones: These short cultural readings begin Partie 3 of each chapter. The cultural information is related to the lesson theme and gives students a focused opportunity to learn about topics as they relate to French and other varied Francophone cultures. The included "Avez-vous compris?" questions allow instructors and students to work on reading comprehension while the personalized "Qu'en pensez-vous?" questions invite students to make cross-cultural comparisons and reflect on their own and these Francophone communities' practices, products, and perspectives.
Préparation: At the beginning of each grammar presentation, a student note refers students to an online review section called "Préparation." Here, students prepare themselves for ENCORE's in-class grammar explanations and activities by reviewing and practicing grammar points already studied in first-year courses. The explanations are brief and clear; the activities are all auto-scored. Instructors may also choose to integrate the "Préparation" into classroom instruction or assign it as outside-of-class course work.
Encore un pas vers la grammaire: Lines from the movie or a narrative description of a scene from the movie are used to illustrate grammatical forms that are the focus of the grammar lesson. Students are invited to think about or try to recall what the form means or why a form is used in a particular way before reviewing or discovering the form or structure. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of the grammar topic and practice activities.
Encore un pas vers la grammaire: Lines from the movie or a narrative description of a scene from the movie are used to illustrate grammatical forms that are the focus of the grammar lesson. Students are invited to think about or try to recall what the form means or why a form is used in a particular way before reviewing or discovering the form or structure. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of the grammar topic and practice activities.