Tapis Volant 2

Tapis Volant 2 features an authentic context reflecting Australia's multicultural diversity. It includes a wide variety of text types on themes such as daily life, travel, the working world and leisure activities. Tapis Volant 2 incorporates modern communicative methodology: pairwork, role-play, contextualised grammar, exercises, task listening, reading texts and documents. www.tapis.com.au a Colourful, motivating activities based on unit content a Extra listening, vocabulary and grammar activities a Links to relevant websites for additional cultural input a Sections for teachers and parents a Available free on CD-ROM to adopting schools. Unit 0 revises the key language presented in Tapis Volant 1 and is followed by 12 language units of the following structure: - Situations(s) - a variety of text-types is used to introduce the topic and present new language - Manieres de dire - the main communicative expressions relating to the theme and objectives of the unit (colourfully illustrated) - Activites orales - instructions and language models - Grammaire - notes in English with French examples within the unit - Document culture - a focus on France: facts and figures, statistics and trends, all relevant to the theme of the unit (in French) - Lecture - different text-types for more extended reading practice - Bande dessinee - a short cartoon (just for fun) relating to the unit - Vocabulaire - listing of all core unit vocabulary, grouped by grammatical function (noms, verbes, adjectifs, etc). There is also a sixteen-page cultural section in the middle of the book, which focuses on Paris and the regions of France.