DÉFI FRANCOPHONE
A project-based French program that places culture at the heart of language learning
KLETT WORLD LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS
KLETT WORLD LANGUAGES is a publishing house specializing in print and digital instructional materials for learning and teaching world languages.
Our mission is to help students become global citizens by developing their intercultural and critical thinking skills through language learning. We aim to help students learn and use language in real-life situations by creating engaging and meaningful content that sparks their curiosity and motivates them to learn.
We strongly believe that teachers play a key role in language learning, and part of our mission is to support them and to provide ample opportunity for professional development.
THESE ARE OUR VALUES
Having them is not enough. We live by them.
1 COMMITMENT
Because everyone on the core KWL team has a background in education and works closely with educators and students, our commitment goes far beyond our daily work. We understand the needs of educators and students and we are passionate about looking for solutions and tools to help them succeed.
3
AFFORDABILITY
We are committed to providing high-quality print and digital content at affordable prices to all who want to learn a language. We guarantee lower prices for high-quality content and simple, easy-to-use technology.
5 COMMUNICATION
We view languages as tools for communication and action. To learn a language and build authentic communicative competency, students need a realistic context, a true need to communicate, a focus on meaning, and the right linguistic resources. That is what we provide in our educational materials.
2 INNOVATION
Our educational materials focus on the most current pedagogical methodology. They follow the ACTFL Guidelines for Proficiency, include Can-Do statements, and address the 5 Cs. Our digital resources provide original and authentic content via a simple and easy-to-use platform.
4 EDUCATOR SUPPORT
We see educators as our partners, and the core of our mission is to support them by providing professional development opportunities, highquality documents and activities, and instructor resources in an easily accessible format.
6 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Our content is created to help students use language to communicate and interact with other communities and cultures both in the United States and abroad. Our books present a respectful, modern, and open-minded perspective of our world and its cultures that allows students to dismantle stereotypes and to cultivate an awareness of global concerns.
Why DÉFI FRANCOPHONE?
DÉFI FRANCOPHONE is a dynamic, student-centered program that promotes authentic communication. It integrates task-based learning, intercultural engagement, and a hybrid learning environment, making it adaptable to diverse learning styles while fostering equity and inclusivity.
Why choose DÉFI FRANCOPHONE?
Communicationcentered:
Students create projects and make decisions that relate to their reality through taskbased activities
Authentic documents: Carefully-selected resources provide a deeper understanding of French culture and break down stereotypes
The three modes of communication —interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes— are integrated into the lesson sequences
A communicative approach to grammar where students first focus on meaning, then on structures
A multidisciplinary approach engages students in acquiring real-world skills by drawing content from diverse fields
Equity and inclusion: The program promotes equity, inclusion, and global awareness in French language classrooms
DÉFI FRANCOPHONE is a two-level program for introductory through intermediate courses.
The KWL Hub is a platform offering digital content and resources for students and teachers who work with DÉFI FRANCOPHONE. It is designed with a clear purpose in mind: to improve teaching and learning experiences in college and university environments with engaging content and helpful, user-friendly tools.
The KWL Hub is easy, flexible, and intuitive for all users. It includes a variety of resources, as well as robust functionalities that allow teachers to personalize the textbooks, assign homework, correct students’ work, offer feedback, create their own content, track the progress of each student, etc.
The KWL Hub is available as a website and as an app.
Compatible with:
- Smartphones and tablets: iOS and Android.
- Computers: Windows, Mac, Chrome OS and Linux.
The KWL Hub offers:
• Interactive Textbook, a fully digital version of the Student Edition
• Interactive Activities, a fully digital version of a traditional Student Activities Manual (SAM)
• Digital AIE, an eBook version of the Annotated Instructor’s Edition
• Enriched eText with audio and videos
• A fully functional online platform with a gradebook, a messaging system, a homework assignment tool, and analytics data to evaluate student performance
• Texte lu, audio text narrated by different native speakers from France and Quebec
• Grammar and verb tables
• All materials are highly customizable and easy to copy and share with our 'master class' tool
• A great variety of assessment tools: tests, self-correcting quizzes, rubrics, etc
INTERACTIVE VERSION OF THE
STUDENT EDITION
Interactive, browser-friendly versions with sizeadaptable pages that allow for a full digital learning experience. Students can write directly in the writing fields, record themselves, self-correct, re-do activities, attach files and send all of their work to the teacher.
ENRICHED
eTEXT VERSIONS OF THE STUDENT EDITION AND THE ANNOTATED INSTRUCTOR’S EDITION
eBook versions that allow teachers and students to browse through all the pages and grant them access to all of the video and audio files.
DOSSIER DE DÉCOUVERTE
p. 22 - 26
01 PORTRAITROBOT
p. 27-46
02 D’ICI ET D’AILLEURS
p. 47 - 66
03
UN AIR DE FAMILLE
p. 67 – 86
04
DOSSIERS DÉFIS SOCIETY AND CULTURE
DOSSIER 01
The alphabet of Paris
DOSSIER 02
The portrait of France
DÉFI #01
Make a self-portrait in numbers
DÉFI #02
Make a portrait of a country
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DOSSIER 01
Festivals
DOSSIER 02
Stereotypes
DOSSIER 01
Family ties
DOSSIER 02
(R)Evolutions in couples
DÉFI #01
Make a discovery quiz about a country
DÉFI #02
Create an interactive souvenir poster
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Draw a familiy tree
DÉFI #02
Compile statistics on the different families represented in class
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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ENTRE QUATRE MURS
p. 87 - 106
DOSSIER 01
Types of living spaces
DOSSIER 02
Space arrangement
05 MÉTRO, BOULOT, DODO
p. 107 - 126
DÉFI #01
Create a map of living arrangements in your country
DÉFI #02
Draw the floor plan of an ideal shared living space
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DOSSIER 01
The pace of life
DOSSIER 02 Working time
Some Francophone countries (specialties, monuments, artists) Greetings and salutations tu / vous
• Paris and its famous places
• The Paris metro
• The streets and arrondissements of Paris
• France and French people: some key facts
• Age demographics in France
• Professions historically associated with gender in France
• The Zinneke Parade
• The portrait of Belgium
• The multicultural Belgian population
• Some common stereotypes
• Discovering Morocco
• Souvenirs from Switzerland
• Different types of French families
• The Parents mode d'emploi [Guide to Parenting] series
• Different types of marriages and unions in France
• How families and couples have evolved and French heads of state
• International and intercultural marriages
• Rent prices in five different Francophone cities
• Home listings in France
• The typical Bruxelles home
• Interior decorating
• Les chambres de bonne
• Arranging small spaces
• Principles and rules of feng shui
DÉFI #01
Give advice to others about breaking their routine
DÉFI #02
Make a calendar of the class's favorite days
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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• The pace of life in Quebec and in France
• Living far from one’s workplace
• Working time in Belgium, France, and Switzerland
• Work and Sundays in France
• The school year in France and Mauritius
LA RUE DE RIVOLI
COMMUNICATION GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PHONETICS
• Stating your name
• Using tu or vous
• Greetings and salutations
• Asking for help in class
• Stress pronouns
• Saying who you are
• Spelling
• Presenting a country
• Giving information with numbers
• Stating age
• Stating profession
• The verb s'appeler
• Subject pronouns
• Talking about local celebrations
• Talking about Belgian traditions
• Indicating origin and destination
• Expressing agreement and disagreement
• Expressing tastes and preferences
• Definite articles
• Ordinal numbers / adjectives
• The verbs avoir and être
• Professions and gender
• Greetings and salutations
• Words of encouragement
B RAVO ! GÉNIAL ! SUPER ! CONTINUE ! VAS-Y ! COOL ! C'EST BIEN !
• The alphabet
• Places in cities
• Numbers from 0 to 20
• E-mail addresses Numbers 20 and up Professions
• Interrogative words
• Asking questions with quel, estce que
• Countries, masculine and feminine
• Prepositions with countries and cities
• Celebrations
• Local food
• Country names
• Expressing tastes and preferences (aimer, adorer + noun or verb)
• Travel souvenirs
• 1. L'accentuation de la dernière syllabe (1)
• 2. Les liaisons obligatoires et interdites
• 3. L'intonation montante (1)
• 4. L'intonation descendante
• Talking about family
• Describing family ties
• The verbs venir and aller
• Stating your nationality(ies)and civil status
• The verb aimer
• Ne… pas negation
• Indefinite articles
• moi aussi / moi non plus
• Possessive adjectives
• Adjective agreement
• C'est vs. Il est
• Different types of families
• Family ties and relationships
• Describing housing
• Speaking about different rooms in a house
• Discussing rent
• Discussing arrangement and decor
• Discussing spaces
• Describing furniture
• Indicating color
• Talking about the pace of life
• Discussing habits
• Telling time
• Indicating frequency
• Telling the date
• Situating in time and expressing duration
• Nationalities and gender
• Different types of marriages and unions
• Connectors logiques et [and], ou [or], mais [but]
• Civil status
• Nationalities
• Il y a / Il n’y a pas de
• C'est + adjective
• Colors
• The verb pouvoir
• Il faut
• The verb
• Pronominal verbs
• Different living spaces and arrangements
• Rooms in a house
• Prepositions of place (1) Furniture and household objects
• 5. La liaison obligatoire en [n]
• 6. L'intonation montante (2)
• 7. Le e muet
• 8. L'accentuation de la dernière syllabe (2)
• The verbs sortir and dormir
• The verb prendre
• Adverbs and expressions of frequency
Colors and materials
Prepositions of place (2)
Daily routine
• Meals
• Time
• tôt / tard
• Time of day
• Working time
• Days of the week
• Months and seasons
• Vacations and holidays
• Situating in time and expressing duration
• 9. L'enchaînement consonantique
• 10. L'élision
06 ÉCHAPPÉES BELLES
p. 127 - 146
DOSSIERS DÉFIS
DOSSIER 01
Free time
DOSSIER 02
07 À DEUX PAS D’ICI
p. 147 - 166
08
Friendships and vacations
DOSSIER 01
Cities
DOSSIER 02
Shopping
UNE PINCÉE DE SEL
p. 167 – 186
09
À QUOI ÇA SERT ?
p. 187 - 206
DOSSIER 01
Tastes and flavors
DOSSIER 02
Traveling foods
DOSSIER 01
Consumption
DOSSIER 02
Daily objects
10
UN COMPRIMÉ MATIN, MIDI ET SOIR
p. 207 - 226
11 UN VRAI CORDON BLEU
p. 227 - 246
DÉFI #01
Create a mini-guide of your city's activities
DÉFI #02
Suggest a vacation based on a character trait
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Create a flyer for a greeter tour
DÉFI #02
Make a commercial to support local businesses
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Create an anti-food waste brochure
DÉFI #02
Write a biography of a mistery ingredient
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Participate in a class collection for a charitable cause
DÉFI #02
Invent an object for the class recycling competition
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DOSSIER 01 5 common preconceptions about health
DOSSIER 02
Alternative medicine
DOSSIER 01
Local cuisine
DOSSIER 02 French gastronomy
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• Pastimes and activities of Essaouira's residents
• Pastimes and activities of the French
• French people, internet, and social media
• Some francophone vacation spots
• Abidjan and the Ivory Coast
• A tour of Nancy with a greeter
• Transportation in Paris
• Mobile apps
• Shopping habits in France
• Local shopping and businesses
• Made in France
• La Semaine du goût (flavor week)
• Food waste in France
• Crêpe recipes
• A history of four traveling foods
• Thierry Marx : a socially- engaged chef
• Culinary events
• E-commerce
• Responsible consumption
• Minimalism
• The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
• Connected objects
• Recycled art
DÉFI #01
Discuss preconceived ideas about health
DÉFI #02
Write a health check-up for the class
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Make your culinary ID card
DÉFI #02
Create a culinary guide
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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• Common preconceptions about health
• Daily ailments
• Vaccines in Africa
• The alternative medicine boom in France
• Music therapy
• Ayurvedic massage therapy
• Outre-mer Gastronomy
• Cameroonian cuisine
• New culinary trends
• The French at the dinner table
• Savoring a dish through the five senses
• The Rungis market
COMMUNICATION GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PHONETICS
• Talking about pastimes and hobbies
• Talking about the internet and social media
• Identifying your traveler profile
• Describing yourself and your friends
• Inviting someone or suggesting an activity
• Accepting or turning down an invitation
• Naming places in a city or country
• Sharing an itinerary
• Describing a means of transportation
• Shopping and buying
• Describing clothing
• Convincing people to take action
• Stating your tastes and food preferences
• Expressing quantity
• Presenting a food recipe
• Describing a culinary experience
• Narrating your life's path
• Contractions with articles
• The verb faire
• The verb jouer
• The pronoun on (1)
• Pour and parce que
• Adjective agreement
• The pronoun on (2)
• Describing your consumption habits
• Talking about responsible consumption
• Describing the function and usefulness of something
• Presenting an invention
• Describing an object
• Presenting an artist
• The near future
(aller + infinitive)
• The pronoun y
• Direct object pronouns
• The imperative
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Partitive articles
• Adverbs of quantity
• The verb manger
• The passé composé with avoir and être
• Irregular past participles
• Agreement and negation in the passé composé
• Relative pronouns qui, que, and où
• Pastimes and activities (1)
• Internet and social media
• Pastimes and activities (2)
• Friendships
• Personality and character traits
• 11. La liaison obligatoire en [z]
• 12. Le [ʀ] final
• Places in cities
• Sequence words
• Orienting oneself
• Modes of transportation
• Types of businesses
• Clothing and accessories
• Meals
• Foods and food groups
• Weights and measures
• The continents
• Temporal markers in the past
• The path of life
• 13. Discriminer [œ] et [e]
• 14. L'intonation injonctive
• E-commerce
• Civic-minded consumption
• 15. Discriminer [i], [u] et [y]
• 16. Discriminer [ʃ] et [ʒ]
• 17. L'enchaînement vocalique
• The verb jeter
• The comparative
• Demonstrative pronouns
• The passé composé (review)
• Function and usefulness
• Inventions
• Connected objects
• Description of objects (function, shape, color, material)
• 18. Le son [õ]
• Giving an opinion on health or medical questions
• Explaining ailments and symptoms at the doctor’s office
• Asking questions
• Giving advice
• Talking about an ailment
• Discussing a dish (origin, ingredients, cooking methods...)
• Talking about a culinary trend
• Describing a dish
• The superlative
• L'interrogation totale (Yes-No questions)
• L'interrogation partielle (Question-word questions)
• Indirect object pronouns
• Parts of the body
• Medications
• Ailments and illnesses
• Medical consultations
• Natural remedies
• Massage therapies
• Music styles
• Expressions to give advice
• 19. Les sons [d] et [t]
• 20. Le son [h]
• The pronoun en
• Expressing progression (de moins en moins, de plus en plus)
• Local culinary specialties
• Food preparation and cooking methods
• 21. Le son [g]
• Talking about nutritional habits
• Describe the qualities of a dish
• Stating an opinion
• Interrogative pronouns: lequel, laquelle...
• The imperative (review) and pronoun placement
• Verbs and expressions of opinion (trouver que, penser que...)
• The five senses
• Flavors and textures
• Adverbs of intensity (un peu, assez, très, trop...)
• 22. La nonprononciation des lettres finales
12 EN PLEINE FORME
p. 247 – 266
DOSSIERS DÉFIS
DOSSIER 01
Physical activity is healthy!
13 MENTION TRÈS BIEN
p. 267 - 286
DOSSIER 02
Values in sports
DOSSIER 01
Schooling and studies
DOSSIER 02
Online learning
DÉFI #01
Organize a sports day in your city
DÉFI #02
Make a video about values in sports
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Suggest improvements to your country's education system
DÉFI #02
Write an updated résumé for a fictional person
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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14
GAGNER SA VIE
p. 287 - 306
DOSSIER 01
Well-being at work
DOSSIER 02
New ways of working
15 UN CHEFD'ŒUVRE !
p. 307 - 326
16
Ç A VAUT LE DÉTOUR !
p. 327 – 346
DOSSIER 01
Monuments for the future
DOSSIER 02
DOSSIER 01
Why travel?
DOSSIER 02
Follow the guide!
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• Sports in France and around the world
• The Paris 2024 Olympic Games
• Sport by prescription
• The right to play sports
• Integration through sports
• UNICEF’s sports ambassadors
• The French baccalauréat
• Work-study
• Educating young girls
• Online pedagogy
• The MOOC boom
• The French C.V.
DÉFI #01
Discuss your work and your feelings
DÉFI #02
Prepare for and conduct a job interview
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Create a museum about the teenage years
DÉFI #02
Create a catalog for a multimedia library
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Write a travel story from an imaginary tourist
DÉFI #02
Create an original travel guide
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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• Three well-being initiatives in the workplace
• The burn-out, bore-out, and brown-out
• Teleworking
• Station F
• Start-ups and the Francophone world
• The job interview
• New monuments
• Some cultural sites in Paris
• The transformation of cities through cultural sites
• Literary events in Quebec
• Paperbacks by Francophone authors
• Other uses for books
• Reasons to travel
• Vacation habits of the French
• Travel stories
• The Guide du routard and the Michelin guide
• Travel agencies
• Round-the-world travel blogs
COMMUNICATION GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PHONETICS
• Discussing sporting practices
• Expressing opinions on the Olympic Games
• Recommending a sport
• Offering advice
• Expressing opinions on the right to play sports
• Suggesting or recommending something to someone
• Discussing values in sports
• Describing your studies and training
• Expressing a wish or desire
• Discussing future plans or projects
• Talking about your experiences as a student
• Discussing new ways of learning and training
• Talking about your academic and professional journey
• Sharing emotions
• Discussing original initiatives in the workplace
• Talking about your relationship with work
• Speaking about new professions and companies
• Preparing for a job interview
• Telling what another person said
• Describing a building
• Proposing something and responding
• Comparing before and after
• Discussing art tastes
• Presenting a book, movie, or TV series
• Giving your opinion on a book, movie, etc.
• Sharing reasons for traveling
• Speaking about vacations
• Presenting numerical data
• Talking about trip preparation
• Describing a landscape
• Narrating a trip
• The simple future
• Offering advice
• Complex negation (1) (ne plus, ne jamais)
• The verb devoir in the present conditional
• The present conditional
• Expressing cause, consequence, and objective
• Expressing a wish or desire (aimer, vouloir, espérer)
• Situating events in the future
• Quand + future
• Si clauses: Conditionals
• Expressing moments of an action (venir de, être en train de...)
• Expressing duration (1) (depuis, pendant, il y a)
• Expressing emotions and feelings
• Expressing obligation, prohibition, and permission
• Sports
• Olympic events
• Sports and health
• Values in sports
• Courses of study and training programs
• Education
• Future plans and projects
• The classroom
• Online classes
• 23. La discrimination [b] / [v]
• 24. Le son [oe]
• Emotions and feelings
• Workplaces and spaces
• Start-ups
• Innovative projects
• 25. Le son [
26. L'intonation
• 27. Les semiconsonnes : le [j]
• 28. Le son [R]
• Reported speech
speech
• Reported interrogative speech
• Job interviews
• The imperfect (l'imparfait)
• Expressing duration (2)
• Complex negation (2) (ne rien/personne/aucun/e)
• The restrictive structure ne que
• Adverbs ending in -ment
• Alternating passé composé / imparfait
• The pronouns y and en
• Adjective placement
• The gerund
• Monuments
• Art vocabulary
• Describing a passion
• Making a proposal
• Responding with indifference
• Prepositional phrases of place
• Books and literary genres
• Expressions used for talking about a book or film
• Travel destinations
• Vacation accommodations
• Fractions and percentages
• Types of travel
• Landscapes and animals
• Vacation activities
• Cardinal directions
• 29. Le son [ø]
• 30. Le son [z]
01 DES RACINES ET DES AILES
p. 03 - 22
02 ALLEZ, RACONTE !
p. 23 - 42
DOSSIERS DÉFIS SOCIETY AND CULTURE
DOSSIER 01
Before
DOSSIER 02 After
DOSSIER 01
Traditions
DOSSIER 02
Stories and fairytales
03 LANGUES VIVANTES
p. 43 – 62
04 BÊTES DE SCÈNE
p. 63 - 82
05 LE MONDE
2.0
p. 83 - 102
DOSSIER 01
Words from elsewhere
DOSSIER 02
Multiple-language regions and the official language in France
DOSSIER 01
The performing arts
DOSSIER 02
From stage to screen
DÉFI #01
Make a video about a classmate’s memory
DÉFI #02
Participate in a writing contest on future migrations
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Present a tradition from your country and give advice to visitors
DÉFI #02
Imagine the current life of a storybook character
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Stage a debate on a language topic
DÉFI #02
Make an infographic of the languages represented in class
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Create a program for a performing arts festival
DÉFI #02
Make an exhibit of the class’s cult films
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DOSSIER 01
The essential 2.0
DOSSIER 02
Connected living
06 À CONSOMMER AVEC MODÉRATION
p. 103 - 122
DOSSIER 01
The information jungle
DOSSIER 02
Advertising
DÉFI #01
Come up with and present an offbeat app
DÉFI #02
Create a post in support of a cause
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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DÉFI #01
Write a fait divers
DÉFI #02
Give a presentation
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
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• The memory factory
• The story of my roots
• 13 million branches
• In search of happiness
• The “repat” phenomenon
• Mars: The next great migration!
• How to organize a housewarming party
• Traditional celebrations in Réunion
• When traditions spark debate
• Why should children read stories?
• Amna et sa marâtre
• Griots: Living libraries
• The French stream
• Studying ancient languages (Greek and Latin)
• The World Esperanto Congress in Québec
• French regional languages
• Indigenous languages of Quebec
• What if we all spoke the same language?
• Festivals in Belgium
• Phare, the Cambodian circus
• French opera
• Three French cult plays
• The return of boulevard theater
• Working for the Comédie-Française
• App madness
• Digital illiteracy
• Selfies: narcissism or social expression?
• Everyone connected
• YouTuber teachers in France
• Hashtivism in Morocco
• The French and the media
• Educational media in French schools
• Information overload
• Sexism in advertising
• Advertising and its impact on children’s health
• Ad pollution
• Recalling a memory tied to an emotion
• Telling a story set in the past
• Discussing roots and origins
• Expressing feelings
• Describing a recipe for happiness
• Expressing dissatisfaction
• Discussing dreams, wishes, and plans
• Discussing traditions
• Debating the usefulness and relevance of traditions
• Giving advice and making recommendations
• Expressing feelings
• Telling a story
• Discussing cultural differences in stories and fairy tales
• Situating events
• Describing one’s relation to others
• Discussing the origins and influence of a language
• Expressing interests
• Expressing opinions, agreement, and disagreement
• Discussing your relationship to languages and learning them
• Characterizing a language
• Making imaginary hypotheses
• Discussing the performing arts
• Describing people, things, and actions
• Expressing opinions on a performance
• Discussing film and theater
• Summarizing the plot of a movie or play
• Discussing successive or simultaneous events
• Describing an app and how it works
• Discussing online (in)equity
• Nuancing statements
• Analyzing the selfie trend
• Discussing various uses of the internet
• Discussing learning on YouTube
• Expressing surprise
• Discussing activism 2.0
• Discussing our relationship to information and the media
• Discussing verifying information
• Discussing the influence of advertising
• Discussing ads
• Debating public health issues
• Reporting other people’s opinions
• Alternating passé composé /imparfait
• Past agreement with avoir
• Discussing plans
• The simple future (review)
• Possessive pronouns
• Expressing opposition (1)
VOCABULARY
• The brain and memories
• Feeling (1)
• Origins and migratory paths
• To do one's family tree
• Professional career
• Expressing dissatisfaction
• Space travel and comic strips
• Il faut que / Il ne faut pas que
• The present subjunctive
• Emphasis using c'est / ce sont (1)
• Direct and indirect object pronouns (review)
• The pronouns en and y (review)
• Pronoun placement
• Stressed pronouns
• Relative pronouns (lequel, duquel, auquel…)
• Opinion verbs with the indicative and the subjunctive (1)
• Indefinite adjectives and determiners (certain(e)s, plusieurs, quelques)
• The present conditional
• Hypotheses with si + imparfait + conditional
• The relative pronoun dont
• The present participle (1)
• Expressing posteriority and anteriority using après and avant de (1)
• The plus-que-parfait
• Expressing simultaneity
• Expressing concession (1)
• Indefinite pronouns
• Expressing objectives (1)
• Expressing opinions (2)
• The past subjunctive
• The passive voice (1)
• Expressing certainty and doubt
• Reporting verbs
• Reported speech in the past
• Housewarming party
• Cultural codes
• Traditions and force feeding
• Feelings (2)
• Learning
• Characteristics of fairy tales and nursery rhymes
• Temporal markers
• Languages and foreign words
• Passions and interests
• Uses and usefulness of a language
• Characteristics and richness of languages
• Language and communication
• Performing arts
• Talking about a show
• Cinema, theater, success, and prizes
• Expressions with faire and prendre
• Artistic career
• Apps
• The Internet and the Web
• Uses of the internet
• Selfies
• The internet
• Expressing surprise
• Civic engagement to defend a cause
• Body positions and movements
• Media and current events
• Expressions used to introduce a piece of information
• Overconsumption of media
• Advertising
• Logical connectors to structure a written text or presentation
07 PLANÈTE PAS NETTE
p.123 – 142
08 ON LÂCHE RIEN !
p.143 - 162
DOSSIERS DÉFIS
DOSSIER 01
Waste
DOSSIER 02
Climate change
DOSSIER 01
Inequities
DOSSIER 02
Impoliteness and unruliness
DÉFI #01
Create an eco-citizenry test
DÉFI #02
Make some apocalyptic predictions
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
DÉFI #01
Write the manifesto for an ideal society
DÉFI #02
Organize a public assembly
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
09
ÊTRES DIFFÉRENTS
p.163 - 182
10
VILLE EN VIE
p.183 - 202
DOSSIER 01
Sexism and parity
DOSSIER 02
Human rights, protection, and solidarity
DOSSIER 01
A matter of taste
DOSSIER 02
The cities of the future
DÉFI #01
Act out a celebrity interview
DÉFI #02
Write an editorial
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• Homo détritus vs. homo recyclus
• The headache of sorting waste
• Some Francophone initiatives against plastic
• Nostradamus’s predictions
• The butterfly effect
• Rising water in New Caledonia
• Inequities in France
• The Gilets jaunes
• Le Manifeste des femmes in Quebec
• Fighting impoliteness in Belgium and Senegal
• A letter of complaint to a neighbor
• Complaining is good for your health!
• Sexist stereotypes in school
• If I had been a boy...
• Parity in African politics
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Charity accommodation of migrants
• A law against racial discrimination in Tunisia
DÉFI #01
Create an urban safari
DÉFI #02
Create a perfect city
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
11
DE LA FOURCHE À LA FOURCHETTE
p.203 – 222
DOSSIER 01
Rural and urban agriculture
DOSSIER 02
Local and global nutrition
DÉFI #01
Present an urban revegetation project
DÉFI #02
Present the inconsistencies and contradictions of a country’s food industry
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
• City and poetry
• Charleroi: a comeback story
• Urban exploration
• Paris by Patrick Süskind
• Marseille by Massilia Sound System
• Major trends in future urban planning
• Smart cities
• Les Furtifs by Alain Damasio
• The challenges of African cities
• Some agricultural initiatives in Maghreb
• Permaculture in Morocco
• Consequences of pesticides
• The grain of hope in Benin
• The revegetation of cities
• Our planet doesn’t add up! The absurdity of food processing
• Chicken by-products in Réunion
• Is eating local actually good for the planet?
• Local products: between authenticity and business
• Discussing recycling
• Giving recycling instructions
• Discussing eco-citizen initiatives
• Explaining the causes and effects of an action or phenomenon
• Expressing a fear
• Discussing inequities
• Discussing protest movements
• Asking and making demands
• Discussing impoliteness and unruliness
• Asserting your rights
• Sharing a dubious piece of information
• Getting frustrated, complaining, responding to insults
• Discussing sexism
• Making hypotheses
• Expressing criticism and regrets
• Expressing necessity
• Discussing human rights
• Bringing up citizen values and forms of engagement
• Situating actions in time
• Discussing poetry
• Writing a poem
• Discussing beauty and ugliness
• Bringing up feelings
• Discussing challenges of cities
• Imagining cities of the future
• Discussing urban planning
• Discussing social science fiction novels
• Expressing condition
• Expressing exclusion and inclusion
• Expressing cause and consequence (1)
• Expressing anxiety, worry, and fear
• Emphasis using ce qui, ce que, ce dont (2)
• Expressing will and desire
• The present participle (2)
• The conditional (review)
• Discussing agriculture
• Establishing connections between multiple texts
• Expressing judgment and indignation
• Offering solutions to problems
• Calling out an illogical situation
• Detailing a paradox
• Discussing regional products and labeling
• The past conditional
• Imaginary hypothesis in the past
• Expressing necessity using il est important de / que
• Expressing anteriority and posteriority (2)
• n'importe qui / quoi / où
• The subjunctive (review)
• Expressing cause (2)
• Avoiding repetition
• Expressing consequence (2)
• The neuter pronoun le
• Expressing subjectivity
• Expressing opposition and concession
• Trash, recycling, waste sorting
• Verbs describing citizen commitment
• Global warming
• Natural disasters
• Flora and fauna
• Nominalization
• Oceans and seas
• Inequities
• Protest, anger
• Verbs for asking (souhaiter, exiger…)
• Impoliteness and unruly behavior
• Noisiness
• Disputes and insults
• Negative emotions
• Gender, sexism
• Colloquial language
• Political parity
• Politics and government
• Human rights
• Solidarity
• Racism
• Poetry
• Cities, urban planning
• Transformation and revival
• Beauty and ugliness
• City nicknames
• ré-, ra-, and dé- prefixes
• Reporting increase and decrease
• Urban planning, technology
• pan- and omni- prefixes
• Expressions with coin and cities' names
• Expressing subjectivity
• Agriculture, plants
Livestock farming
Farm-bred phrases
Agricultural production
Absurdity
Idioms
12
DE LA TÊTE
AUX PIEDS
p.223 - 242
13
DOSSIERS DÉFIS
DOSSIER 01
Beauty standards
DOSSIER 02
The body improved
DOSSIER 01
Fitting the job description
LE CŒUR À L'OUVRAGE
p.243 - 262
DOSSIER 02
Those who want, can?
DÉFI #01
Write a magazine editorial
DÉFI #02
Create an exhibit for progress in science
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
DÉFI #01
Prepare and sit for a job interview
DÉFI #02
Create a magazine for the work world
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
14
L’ART ET LA MANIÈRE
p.263 – 282
15
DOSSIER 01
Handmade
DOSSIER 02
Art standing the test of reality
DOSSIER 01
Speaking like we write
SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
p.283 - 302
DOSSIER 02
Writing like we speak
DÉFI #01
Present a traditional craft
DÉFI #02
Create a catalog for an exhibit
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• New standards of beauty
• Body image and the media's influence
• The YouTuber Norman on virility
• Transgender identity in artistic creation
• An interview with Bilal Hassani
• The athlete’s body: performance at all costs
• Soft skills in the workplace and learning languages
• The management skills of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon
• The history of the Lebanese company Pharaon
• The job interview: a sketch by Anne Roumanoff and a recruiter’s advice
• Work in literature
• Uberization and the gig economy
• Travailler by the Ivorian group Magic System
• Succeeding at 30 in France
• Frugalism and the frugalistes
• Protecting disappearing crafts
• Perfumery, from Grasse to Normandy
• Glassblowing, a Belgian tradition
• From sewing machine to typewriter
• Scandalous paintings in 19th century France
• Faits divers and literature: from Madame Bovary to Chanson douce
• Between reality and fiction: The works of Sabine Pigalle at the heart of a new genre
DÉFI #01
Write an open letter to the Académie française
DÉFI #02
Create a dictionary of everyday French
16
DOSSIER 01
What are you playing?
LA RÈGLE DU JEU
p.303 - 322
DOSSIER 02
Our turn to play!
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
DÉFI #01
Present a board game
DÉFI #02
Gamify an activity for French class
DÉFI #03 NUMÉRIQUE
My French Hub
• Learning French, a strenuous journey
• The beauty of the passé simple (Erik Orsenna and grammar)
• Le français est à nous: an end to linguistic purism
• Interculturality of gestures and mimics
• Faïza Guène's Kiffe Kiffe demain and contemporary French slang
• Leïla Slimani, ambassador of Francophonie
• Child’s play: the market for genderneutral toys is growing
• Three traditional, timeless games
• Le Jeu des 1 000 euros
• Grown-ups crazy about board games
• The gamification of society and work
• Fear and benefits of boredom
• Gamification in education
• “Serious” games and their stakes
COMMUNICATION GRAMMAR
• Discussing beauty standards and their evolution
• Giving a physical description
• Debating the importance of physical appearance
• Discussing transgender identity
• Discussing the body and body image
• Debating the limits and potential of the human body
• Discussing skills for the workplace
• Analyzing body language and speech
• Discussing management
• Asking formal questions
• Presenting a company
• Sharing and elaborating on job interviews
• Discussing work in literature
• Debating Uberization and the gig economy
• Illustrating facts using examples
• Discussing meritocracy
• Discussing frugalism
• Expressing way and manner
• Discussing craft trades
• Discussing perfume
• Discussing skills and expertise
• Discussing art
• Offering an opinion on a work of art
• Discussing fait divers
• Discussing difficulties of the French language
• Structuring an argument and speech
• Questioning and reacting
• Debating
• Discussing gestures and body language
• Handling different linguistic registers
• Adapting language to the situation
• The passive voice with être, se faire / se laisser + infinitive (2)
• The futur antérieur
• The past tenses
• Interrogative words (review)
• Interrogation with inversion
• Stating facts and examples
• The present participle and verbal adjectives
• Expressing continuity, interruption, and progression of an action
• Comparison
VOCABULARY
• Describing physical appearance
• Beauty criteria
• Body idioms
• Body, sports, and technologies
• dys- et trans- prefixes
• Body idioms
• Skills
• Work and business
• Job ads and job interviews
• Expressions related to work
• Working conditions and job insecurity
• Success and business
• -issime and -cratie suffixes
• The passé simple
• Emphasis and double emphasis (3)
• Art careers and craft trades
• Heritage and tradition
• Accomplishment, success
• Skills and expertise
• Dexterity and clumsiness
• Painting
• Scandals and polemics
• Crimes and offenses
• Comic books
• -cide suffix
• Informal expressions to talk about art
• French and languages
• Struggling
• Debating
• in- (im-, ir-, il-) prefixes
• Gestures and mimicry
• French slang
• Language registers
• Figures of speech
• Expressions with the word langue
• Discussing toys and their characteristics
• Explaining the rules of a game
• Creating rules of a game
• Discussing the gamification of society
• Discussing boredom
• Indefinite adjectives and pronouns (review)
• Expressing objectives (review)
• Games and equipment
• Game rules
• Game expressions
• Gamification
• Boredom, apathy
• -ification suffix
• Expressions of boredom
• Gender-neutral toys and games
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DÉFI FRANCOPHONE
Sample Chapter 4 • Level 1
Entre quatre murs
04
PAGE D'OUVERTURE
The introductory pages present the content that will be seen in both thematic dossiers of the chapter: aspects of culture and French-speaking society, as well as language (communication, grammar, vocabulary). Each dossier ends with a final task (Défi) adapted to the learners’ progression.
DOSSIER 01
Types of living spaces
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• Rent prices in five different Francophone cities
• Home listings in France
• The typical Bruxelles home
• Interior decorating
GRAMMAR
• Il y a / il n'y a pas de
• C'est + adjective
DOSSIER 02
Space arrangement
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• Les chambres de bonne
• Arranging small spaces
• Principles and rules of feng shui
GRAMMAR
• Colors
• The verb pouvoir
• Il faut + infinitive
• The verb devoir
COMMUNICATION
• Describing housing
• Speaking about different rooms in a house
• Discussing rent
VOCABULARY
• Different living spaces and arrangements
• Rooms in a house
• Prepositions of place (1)
COMMUNICATION
• Discussing arrangement and decor
• Discussing spaces
• Describing furniture
• Indicating color
VOCABULARY
• Furniture and household objects
• Colors and materials
• Prepositions of place (2)
DÉFI #01
CREATE A MAP OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY
DÉFI #02
DRAW THE FLOOR PLAN OF AN IDEAL SHARED LIVING SPACE
Enquête : Que peut-on louer pour 500 € par mois ?
Vous voulez étudier dans un pays francophone, mais vous ne savez pas où ? Voici les logements que vous pouvez louer pour 500 euros par mois.
Un
Joli F2 de 43 m2.
1 salon, 1 ch. et 1 sdb.
500€/mois CC.
In French ads, an F2 (or T2) is an apartment with a kitchen and a bathroom + two rooms
(generally a bedroom and a living room).
CC = charges comprises (utilities are included)
ch. = chambre (bedroom)
sdb = salle de bains (bathroom)
One square meter (1 m2) is the equivalent of about 10.5 square feet.
A 45 square-meter (45 m2) apartment is about 485 square feet.
88
quatre-vingt-huit
en France
Une maison de 100 m2 de deux étages, avec un garage et un jardin.
Pontivy,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
studio de 28 à 44 m2, dans le centre-ville.
Bruxelles, en Belgique
Un appartement de 30 à 45 m2 dans le centre-ville.
Paris, en France
Un studio de 9 à 16 m2 dans la banlieue parisienne.
Genève, en Suisse
Seule possibilité : une chambre de 25 m2 à 15 km de Genève, pour 600 € par mois.
Des étudiants parlent de leur logement.
Avant de lire
1. What words referring to housing do you know in French? SL Look up any words you don’t know in a dictionary.
2. In your city, what is the average rent for these types of homes?
• Un studio :
• Un appartement de 60 m2 : • Une maison :
Lire, comprendre et réagir
3. Read the document. Which city is the most expensive?
4. Where can you rent the largest place for 500 euros? Which type of home is it?
5. Does something surprise you in the document?
À Bruxelles, ce n'est pas cher !
6. In which city would you like to live?
J'aimerais habiter à Pontivy parce que la maison est grande.
7. Read the Ah bon ?! section below and write a listing for your home.
Joli F2 de 50 m2. 2 ch., ... Écouter, comprendre et réagir
8. 31 Listen to these people’s housing experiences. Try to identify the city, type of home, and size of the place (in square meters.)
Mon panier de lexique
What words from the document would you like to memorize? Write them down.
Mon panier de lexique : A personalized collection of vocabulary words and expressions students have acquired.
Igor Cheng Salif
Yasmina
www.loca-bruxelles.def.be
LOCA BRUXELLES AGENCE IMMOBILIÈRE
Rez-de-chaussée
étage
• Maison bruxelloise de 85 m2 et de deux étages avec vue sur le jardin.
• Au rez-de-chaussée, il y a un salon, une salle à manger, une véranda et une cuisine. La véranda donne sur un jardin.
• À l’étage, il y a trois chambres, un dressing et une salle de bains.
étage 1 2
Rez-de-chaussée
J'aime + Plus d'images
• Maison bruxelloise de 85 m2 et de deux étages.
• Au rez-de-chaussée , il y a un salon, une salle à manger, une cuisine et une petite salle de bains.
• À l’étage, il y a trois chambres, un bureau et une grande salle de bains.
J'aime + Plus d'images
Ah bon ?! +
Note that the floor system is different in France. Le premier étage corresponds to the second floor in the USA. So what is the first floor? It is le rez-de-chaussée!
Lire, comprendre et réagir
1. Observe the floorplans and read the ads. Can you name the various rooms? Write them down.
Écouter, comprendre et réagir
2. 32 A couple visits one of these houses. Listen and identify which house.
3. 33 Listen and identify the rooms based on what you hear.
Travailler la langue
4. Look at the Loca Bruxelles website and complete the chart.
IL Y A / IL N'Y A PAS DE
Il y a is used to signal the presence of people or things.
il y a + article or number + noun
Ex. :
Negative sentences use this format:
il n ' y a pas de + noun
Ex. : Il n'y a pas de véranda dans la deuxième maison.
P. 105 — EXERCICE 8
5. Pick one of the floor plans. Write as many sentences as you can, using the words from the illustrations below.
La chambre est à côté du bureau...
Produire et interagir
CONSTRUIRE ET (INTER)AGIR / CONSTRUIRE ET CRÉER
6. Read these facts about homes in various countries. Is it the same in your country? Discuss in groups
• En France et au Japon, les toilettes et la salle de bains sont deux pièces différentes.
The two double-page features Construire et (inter)agir and Construire et créer are centered around authentic cultural documents that present language in context. The same headings are repeated in each dossier.
• En Espagne, dans certaines régions, il n'y a pas de chauffage dans les appartements.
• Au Cambodge, devant les maisons, il y a un bassin d'eau.
7. The class is going to split into two groups for a group photo competition. Using prepositions of place, a student from each group will give directions to the rest of their group to compose the best photo.
Alex, au fond de la salle. Marc, devant Monica...
8. What other words referring to homes and living arrangements would you like to know in French?
Comment on dit « hall » en français ?
9. Describe your home to a classmate (number of rooms, room arrangements, size). Your classmate will draw a map of your home and you will need to check it.
C'est un appartement de 75 m2 Dans l'entrée, à droite, il y a la cuisine...
10. In groups, talk about your home. In which room…
• vous passez beaucoup de temps :
• vous passez peu de temps :
• vous aimez être :
• vous n'aimez pas être :
Je passe beaucoup de temps dans la cuisine parce que j'adore cuisiner.
11. Present the house of your dreams to a classmate.
Dans la maison de mes rêves, il y a un salon, six chambres de luxe avec six salles de bains. Il y a aussi une grande piscine. Il y a une salle de cinéma pour regarder des films.
MA DECO http://www.madeco.def
MA DÉC
ET CHEZ VOUS, C'EST COMMENT ?
PARTAGE D'IDÉES DÉCO
Publié par Cléo STYLE MODERNE 1
Publié par JP STYLE CHIC
2
PARTAGEZ LA DÉCORATION DE VOTRE APPARTEMENT AVEC NOUS ! 2
Manu : Il n’y a pas de lumière naturelle dans cette salle de bains ! C’est sombre. Désolé, je n’aime pas :-( 3 8
Rémi : Je ne suis pas d'accord. C'est beau ! 9 2
Martine : Pour moi, il y a trop de couleurs. Dans une chambre d’enfant, d’accord, mais pas dans une chambre d’adulte ! 5 2
Publié par Lili STYLE ZEN
Adèle : Moi, j'aime beaucoup. C'est coloré et joyeux. 1 3 2
3
Clothilde : Ton salon est très zen et spacieux. C’est génial, c'est grand et calme ! Bravo, j’adore :-) 5
Bouchra : Ah, cette lumière, j’adore ! Pour moi, un salon lumineux, c’est super ! 6 1
Lire, comprendre et réagir
1. Observe the photos. Which is your favorite room?
SL Look at the title and captions.
2. Read each comment and determine whether it is positive or negative.
3. Do you agree with any of these comments?
Je suis d'accord avec Bouchra, le salon est lumineux !
Travailler la langue
4. Complete the chart using the comments as a reference.
C'EST + ADJECTIVE
c ' est + adjective
To express your opinion, critique, or make a comment about something, use the masculine form of the adjective.
Ex. : , , , ,
! To give your opinion about someone, use:
il / elle est + adjective
Ex. : Il est gentil. Elle est gentille.
5. Match each adjective with its antonym. joyeux laid sombre triste beau nul génial bruyant calme lumineux grand petit
Défi: A task requiring students to combine all of the linguistic and cultural elements.
DÉFI #01
CREATE A MAP OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY
You're going to present what type of housing is available for a predetermined amount of money on a map of your state or country.
As a class, determine a set amount (or a range) for monthly rent.
On the map of your state or country, write down the main cities or areas.
The class is now going to be divided into several groups. Each group will research a city or an area.
Put together your results. Display the descriptions of the types of housing on the map.
Produire et interagir
DOSSIER
ET CRÉER
6. Name places or monuments in your city or state. Your classmate will give their opinion using C'est + adjective.
La place Rouge ? J'aime bien parce que c'est beau, c'est grand, c'est impressionnant...
7. Find an image of an odd object or a strange place on the internet. Show the photo to your classmates. They will react and comment.
C'est drôle ! Je ne suis pas d'accord : c'est dangereux !
Écouter, comprendre et réagir
8. 34 You are going to listen to three conversations about travel souvenirs. Write down the objects they mention as well as the adjectives used to describe them.
Ville : Seattle WA
Coût : $ 1400
Type de logement : un appartement dans le quartier universitaire
Superficie :
55 m2 (595 Sq Ft)
Description : Il y a une chambre avec une petite cuisine et un grand salon.
Ville : Denver, CO
Coût : $ 1500
Type de logement : un appartement près du centre-ville
Superficie : 100 m 2 (100 Sq Ft)
Description : Il y a trois chambres avec salle de bains privée.
Ville : New-York, NY
Coût : $ 2000
Type de logement : un studio dans le cœur de Manhattan.
Superficie : 30 m2 (320 Sq Ft)
Description : Il n'y a pas d'espace, c'est sombre et petit.
quatre-vingt-treize
Les chambres de bonne
Les plus petits logements parisiens
Au XIXe siècle, les bonnes (les employées de maison) des familles riches de Paris vivent dans des chambres d'environ 9 m2. Ces chambres sont sous les toits, au dernier étage de l'immeuble, sans ascenseur. Souvent, il y a une seule salle de bains pour cinq ou six chambres.
Aujourd’hui, les chambres de bonne sont occupées par des étudiants.
Témoignages
Des personnes donnent leur avis sur leur logement 35
Clément
Thomas Maja
The word bonne isn’t used anymore. Use employé/e de maison instead.
Avant de lire
1. In your opinion , what is a "small" living space? Discuss in class.
SL Look at the images and brainstorm ideas
2. Based on the drawing as well as the background photo, where do you think chambres de bonne are located in a building? How many of them can you spot in the photo?
SL Look at the title and the captions.
Lire, comprendre et réagir
3. Read the article and complete the information below.
Les caractéristiques d'une chambre de bonne :
• Ville :
• Nombre de m 2 :
• Situation dans l'immeuble :
• Avec ou sans ascenseur :
• Type de locataires aujourd'hui :
4. Take a look at the movie poster. In your opinion, who are the femmes du 6e étage? Where are they located in the poster and why?
SL Confirm your ideas by reading the text.
5. Can you find this type of housing in your country?
Écouter, comprendre et réagir
6. 35 Listen to the testimonials and complete the chart. Clément Maja Thomas m2
étage ascenseur prix du logement
Regarder, comprendre et réagir
7. Watch the video Les chambres de bonnes à Paris on My French Hub and answer the questions.
• Où habite Émilie ?
• Que fait Émilie ?
• Combien coûte son loyer ?
• Quelle est la taille de son logement ?
• Quels éléments y a-t-il ou n'y-a-t-il pas dans la chambre d'Émilie ?
Plus d'activités sur
Mon panier de lexique
What other words related to housing would you like to know? Write them down. TRANSCRIPTION
Comment aménager les petits espaces
VOUS HABITEZ DANS UN PETIT APPARTEMENT ET VOUS CHERCHEZ DES SOLUTIONS POUR AMÉNAGER L'ESPACE ? VOICI UNE SÉLECTION DE MEUBLES ET D’IDÉES POUR GAGNER DE LA PLACE.
La cuisine est dans un placard : il y a un réfrigérateur, un lavevaisselle et une cuisinière.
LA BONNE IDÉE : quand on ferme le placard, on ne voit pas la cuisine !
Le meuble de cette chambre est à la fois un bureau, un lit et des fauteuils ! 4 K
LA BONNE IDÉE : Vous pouvez ranger vos affaires sous les fauteuils.
A. le placard
B. la cuisinière
C. le lave-vaisselle
D. le réfrigérateur
Dans cette salle de bains, les toilettes sont en bas et la douche est en haut.
2
LA BONNE IDÉE : l'escalier sert à ranger des produits d'entretien.
Pas de place pour la table et les chaises ? La solution : une table pliante. 5
LA BONNE IDÉE : les chaises pliantes peuvent se ranger facilement.
E. les toilettes
F. la douche
G. la bibliothèque
H. l'escalier
I. le lit
J. l'armoire
K. le fauteuil
L. le bureau
LA BONNE IDÉE : l’escalier peut être aussi une bibliothèque. Voici un meuble très pratique, avec un lit en haut et une armoire en bas.
ASTUCES COULEURS
Choisissez des couleurs qui vont bien ensemble :
3
Un salon bleu avec des fauteuils marron.
Une cuisine jaune avec des meubles rouges.
Une salle de bains blanche avec des meubles noirs.
Une table verte avec des chaises orange.
A ttention, des pièces vertes ou marron, c'est élégant, mais sombre.
M. la chaise
N. la table
Snaidero Leroy Merlin Archea
Espace Loggia
Côté maison
Lire, comprendre et réagir
1. Read the article, and on the photos, circle any furniture items that are multifunctional. What are they used for?
SL Underline the words you already know.
Sur la photo 3, l'escalier sert à monter sur le lit et à ranger des livres.
2. Are there ideas from the article that you could use in your own home? Discuss in groups.
Pour moi, c’est le meuble de la photo 4 parce que je n'ai pas de place dans ma chambre pour avoir un bureau.
3. Do you have space issues at home? If so, share with your group.
Chez moi, je n'ai pas de place pour inviter des amis.
Travailler la langue
4. Complete the color circle with the help of the
DOSSIER 2 | CONSTRUIRE ET (INTER)AGIR
Travailler la langue
6. Look at the article and complete the chart below.
THE VERB POUVOIR Je Tu Il / Elle / On peux peux Nous Vous Ils / Elles pouvons
pouvoir + infinitive is used to express possibility. Ex. : In the negative, pas is placed between the verb pouvoir and the infinitive.
Ex. : Vous ne pouvez pas ranger vos affaires.
P. 105 — EXERCICE 9
Produire et interagir
7. What other furniture words in French would you like to know?
Couleurs chaudes
Couleurs froides
5. Complete the chart below with the help of the Astuces couleurs box.
COLOR ADJECTIVES
• The feminine form of color adjectives is based on the masculine form + Ex. : bleu bleue, vert
• The plural is formed by adding an to the singular form.
Ex. : vert verts, verte
! blanc blanche
! Orange and marron are invariable.
P. 106 — EXERCICE 10
8. Guess the furniture item! There might be several correct answers.
• Ça sert à dormir :
• Ça sert à s’asseoir :
• Ça sert à se reposer :
• Ça sert à ranger des vêtements :
• Ça sert à ranger des affaires :
9. Now it’s your turn to invent guessing games about furniture and objects.
10. Take a minute and try to memorize the items shown in the photos. Now a classmate is going to ask you questions about the photos. Don't look!
De quelle couleur est le placard sur la photo 1 ? Vert !
11. Complete the list below and share the information with a classmate.
• La couleur de ta chambre :
• Les couleurs que tu aimes :
• La couleur de ton salon :
• La couleur de ta salle de bains :
• La couleur de ta cuisine :
• La couleur de ta pièce préférée :
12. What can you do in the following rooms? Answer in small groups.
la chambre la salle de bains la cuisine le salon ... Comment on dit « bedside table » en français ?
Dans ma chambre, je peux dormir, je peux lire…
quatre-vingt-dix-sept
Astuces couleurs box.
Avant de lire
1. Have you heard of feng shui? Do you know some of its principles? SL Make a list of terms that you already know or associate with the topic.
LA MINUTE ZEN
Le feng shui est un art de vivre d’origine chinoise. Il est très pratiqué au Vietnam et de plus en plus en Europe.
Les conseils de maître Han
Pour avoir une maison feng shui, vous devez suivre quelques règles simples... 98
IL FAUT…
• mettre le canapé contre un mur
• mettre les fauteuils en face du canapé
• placer la table basse entre le canapé et les fauteuils
• mettre les plantes dans les coins de la pièce
• installer le bureau loin du canapé
• placer des lampes près du canapé
IL NE FAUT PAS...
• mettre le canapé devant une fenêtre
• placer le bureau en face d'un mur
À quoi ça sert ?
Le feng shui sert à aménager les espaces pour vivre mieux. Tout est important : la disposition des pièces et des meubles, les couleurs et les formes.
Et les couleurs ? Vous devez faire attention aux couleurs et à leurs effets...
Le vert favorise la créativité.
Le blanc favorise le calme et le repos.
L'orange favorise la convivialité.
Le marron, le noir et le gris favorisent l’anxiété et la tristesse.
Lire, comprendre et réagir
2. Read the article and identify the parts of the text that present...
SL Find different sections within the document: title, introduction, headers, captions, etc.
• le feng shui • ses objectifs • ses règles
3. In small groups, draw a living room that respects the rules of feng shui using prepositions of place.
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (2)
Travailler
la langue
DOSSIER 2
6. Look at the article and complete the chart.
THE VERB DEVOIR
Je
Tu
Il / Elle / On
Nous
Vous
4. Is your home furnished according to the feng shui principles?
Non, parce que mon canapé n'est pas contre un mur.
Travailler la langue
5. Look at the article and complete the chart
IL FAUT + INFINITIVE
il faut + infinitive is used to express obligation and necessity.
Ex. : Il faut mettre les plantes dans les coins de la pièce.
Ex. :
In the negative, pas is placed between il faut and the infinitive.
Ex. : Il ne faut pas placer le bureau en face d'un mur.
P. 105 — EXERCICE 9
DÉFI #02
DRAW THE FLOOR PLAN OF AN IDEAL SHARED LIVING SPACE
CRÉER
dois dois doit devons
Ils / Elles
doivent
devoir + infinitive expresses obligation. It is the equivalent of must
Ex. :
In negative sentences, place pas between the verb devoir and the infinitive.
Ex. : Vous ne devez pas mettre le canapé devant la fenêtre.
P. 105 — EXERCICE 9
Produire et interagir
Observe this photo. In small groups, find the objects and the furniture that were not placed according to the principles of feng shui.
TRAVAILLER LA LANGUE
8. In small groups, choose from the adjectives below and offer three pieces of advice to live in a place that’s...
In DÉFI FRANCOPHONE, particular attention is paid to language development. In Travailler la langue, students are led to reflect naturally on grammar and therefore to co-construct their grammatical competence.
calme accueillant coloré lumineux
A reflective and a co-constructive approach to grammar, always based on texts presented, introduces concepts in an inductive manner.
Pour avoir un logement calme, il ne faut pas avoir de télévision…
You are going to draw the floor plan of an ideal shared living space and you will present it to the class.
Create and fill out a form based on the one provided.
Ma pièce préférée : la cuisine
Ma couleur préférée : le jaune
Mes meubles indispensables : un fauteuil, une table
Je ne peux pas vivre sans : mon chat Chez moi, j'adore : écouter de la musique très fort
Share your tastes with your group, and see what you have in common and what your differences are.
Furnish and arrange the rooms to satisfy each member of your group.
Draw the final floor plan of your apartment and share it with the class.
La plante est bien placée ? Oui, parce que les plantes doivent être dans les coins.
dans le coin contre en face de
entre… (et)… près de loin de
Il y a / Il n'y a pas de
The invariable expression il y a means there is or there are. Il y a is commonly used to point out the presence or the absence of someone or something.
Ex. : Dans la cuisine, il y a un frigo.
Ex. : Il y a vingt étudiants dans la classe.
The negative form of Il y a (there isn’t / there aren’t) must include the preposition de before the noun.
Ex. : En Espagne, dans certaines régions, il n’y a pas de chauffage dans les appartements.
Ex. : Dans la salle de bains, il n’y a pas d'eau chaude.
! CAREFUL! When spoken in colloquial language, we can hear "ya" [ja] for il y a and "y'a pas" [japa] for il n'y a pas
C'est + adjective
C’est + a masculine adjective is used to make a general judgment, or to express appreciation or criticism about something.
Ex. : La place Rouge ? J'aime bien parce que c'est beau, c'est grand, c'est impressionnant.
Ex. : Les chambres de bonne ? C’est génial mais c’est trop petit pour deux personnes !
! CAREFUL! To express an opinion about someone, use il/elle est + adjective.
Ex. : Elle est intelligente, il est sympathique, ils sont gentils Colors
Colors are adjectives, and like other adjectives, they generally agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Generally, the feminine is formed by adding an -e to the masculine form and the plural is formed by adding an -s to the singular form.
Singular Plural (+s)
Un meuble noir
Masculine
Feminine (+e)
Un mur vert
Une chaise noire
Une pièce verte
Des meubles noirs
Des murs verts
Des chaises noires Des pièces vertes
There are, however, some notable exceptions for certain adjective endings.
Masculine ending Feminine ending rouge jaune rose mauve fauve violet violette blanc blanche
REMEMBER! Singular adjectives ending in -s or -x do not change in the plural.
Ex. : un appartement gris, des appartements gris
Ex. : un fauteuil bordeaux, des fauteuils bordeaux
! CAREFUL! Marron and orange are invariable.
Ex. : La table est marron.
Ex. : Je déteste les murs orange
REMEMBER! Compound adjectives describing color are also invariable.
Ex. : une chaise verte / une chaise vert-clair
Ex. : une pièce bleue / une pièce bleu-foncé
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RESSOURCES LEXICALES ET GRAMMATICALES
This section contains linguistic information and explanations with meaningful examples pertaining to the key themes developed in the chapter. This section is enhanced by images, graphics and pictures to supplement descriptions and definitions that otherwise could be dry and intimidating.
The verb pouvoir
The verb pouvoir (to be able to) expresses ability and possibility.
Subject Verb
Je peux
Tu peux
Il / Elle / On peut
Nous pouvons
Vous pouvez
Ils / Elles peuvent
RESSOURCES GRAMMATICALES
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Ressources grammaticales:
Explanations and tables that describe morphology, as well as syntactic structures, are presented here.
Remember and Careful icons point out particular cases or exceptions to grammar rules.
Pouvoir is a modal verb, meaning it is generally followed by another verb in the infinitive.
Ex. : À Pontivy, on peut louer une maison pour 500 euros par mois.
Ex. : À Paris, on ne peut pas louer une maison pour 500 euros par mois.
REMEMBER! Notice how the negation ne... pas is formed around the conjugated verb.
Ex. : Vous pouvez inviter des amis, mais vous ne pouvez pas être bruyants.
Il faut + infinitive
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Il faut is derived from the impersonal verb falloir, which is only conjugated in the third-person singular. Since it is used in many idiomatic expressions, il faut is difficult to translate directly, but can be understood as “one must” or “it is necessary to.” Like the modal verbs pouvoir and devoir, il faut is generally followed by another verb in the infinitive:
Ex. : Il faut trouver un appartement.
Ex. : Il faut mettre les plantes dans les coins de la pièce.
REMEMBER! Notice how the negation ne... pas is formed around the conjugated verb.
Ex. : Il ne faut pas mettre le lit sous la fenêtre.
The verb devoir
The verb devoir (to need to or must) expresses necessity and obligation.
Subject Verb
Je dois
Tu dois
Il / Elle / On doit
Nous devons
Vous devez
Ils / Elles doivent
• Like pouvoir, it is a modal verb, meaning it is generally followed by another verb in the infinitive.
Ex. : D'après les règles du feng shui, les plantes doivent être dans les coins.
REMEMBER! Notice how the negation ne... pas is formed around the conjugated verb.
Ex. : L’appartement doit avoir des couleurs claires. Il ne doit pas être sombre.
• Like il faut, the verb devoir expresses necessity and obligation, but il faut is impersonal and devoir is not.
Ex. : Je dois ranger ma chambre (devoir - personal) I need to tidy up my room.
Ex. : Il faut ranger sa chambre (il faut - impersonal) One must tidy up one’s room.
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Vocabulaire de la maison House vocabulary
l’appartement apartment, condominium la bibliothèque library le bureau office la chambre bedroom le chauffage heating le couloir hallway la cuisine
québec la cuisinette le dressing
québec le walk-in
l’escalier stairs
Ressources lexicales:
These two pages present the vocabulary of the chapter, organized logically and visually, and highlight frequent word combinations and expressions. They also include variations of French in Quebec. We have indicated whether the words are familiar, colloquial language (Fam.) or terms that are commonly used in both Canada and France (Courant).
le mur wall la pièce room (in a house) la piscine pool le placard
québec le garde-robe le rez-de-chaussée
closet
ground/first floor
québec le premier étage la salle à manger
québec la cour arrière la maison house kitchen
walk-in closet garden
québec la salle à diner la salle de bains
l’étage floor (as in second, third floor) la fenêtre window le garage garage le jardin
le canapé
couch
québec le divan la chaise chair
la cuisinière stove la douche shower le fauteuil armchair
le réfrigérateur (le frigo) refrigerator le lave-vaisselle dishwasher
le lit bed le meuble furniture la table basse coffee table
Les couleurs Colors
blanc, blanche white
Les prépositions de localisation Prepositions of place
québec la salle de bain le salon living room les toilettes
dining room bathroom bathroom
québec la toilette le toit roof la véranda sun room
la chambre de bonne garret, attic studio le locataire tenant la location rental le loyer rent le logement housing la lumière light
le montant amount
la petite annonce home listing le plan map/floor plan le prix price le prix moyen average price toutes charges comprises all utilities included la vue view
au fond de at the back of, at the bottom of
derrière behind sur on top of près de close to contre against à côté de next to à gauche de to the left of à droite de to the right of
sous under /underneath dans le coin in the corner
entre between loin de far from en face de facing devant in front of
Les meubles et les objets Furniture and objects
Les petites annonces Listings
Mes mots My words
Verbes de base Basic verbs
aménager to arrange cuisiner to cook devoir to have to, must dormir to sleep étudier to study favoriser to promote/to favor louer to rent mettre to put, place monter sur to climb up partager to share payer to pay placer to place pouvoir to be able to ranger to tidy up, put things away s’asseoir to sit down savoir to know se reposer to rest servir à to be used for suivre to follow vivre to live vouloir to want
Adjectifs Adjectives
accueillant/e welcoming, inviting beau, belle beautiful bon/ne good bruyant/e noisy calme calm coloré/e colorful dangereux(euse) dangerous dernier/ière last désolé/e sorry drôle funny foncé/e dark génial/e awesome, great gentil/le nice, kind grand/e big impressionnant/e impressive joyeux(euse) joyful
Combinaisons fréquentes Frequent word combinations
Habiter dans un appartement une maison
une chambre un studio le centre-ville
Habiter à 15 km de Genève à Tokyo en Bretagne
RESSOURCES LEXICALES
laid/e ugly lumineux(euse) bright naturel/le natural nul, nulle terrible occupé/e occupied/busy petit/e small placé/e placed pliant/e folding pratique convenient sombre dark spacieux(euse) spacious triste sad zen (c’est zen) calm, peaceful
Autres mots et expressions utiles Other words and useful expressions avoir de la place to have room ça sert à (+ infinitive) it is used for de plus en plus more and more en bas down en haut up environ approximately facilement easily gagner de la place to save some space je suis d’accord I agree je ne suis pas d’accord I don’t agree mieux better passer du temps to spend time ranger ses affaires to clean up your belongings sans without souvent often trop too much/many un/une seul/e only one
Habiter en banlieue en ville à la campagne
Habiter avec mes parents avec des amis seul/e en colocation
Habiter au 6e étage
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LEXIQUE ET GRAMMAIRE EN ACTION
Housing
1. Complete le logement word map with words you consider useful. Feel free to add branches to the tree if necessary.
les toilettes le bureau l'entrée
These pages offer exercises to strengthen and deepen language skills through systematic vocabulary and grammar practice.
Types of housing and rooms in a house
2. Match each label with its definition.
l'escalier le couloir le salon le bureau
la chambre la salle de bains la salle à manger
la cuisine
a. C’est la pièce pour cuisiner : b. C’est la pièce pour se laver : c. C’est la pièce pour manger : d. C’est la pièce pour dormir :
e. C’est la pièce pour regarder la TV : f. Ça sert à passer d’une pièce à l’autre : g. Ça sert à monter au premier étage : h. C’est la pièce pour travailler :
3. In your city, what type of housing can you have for $800 a month? Write a description.
Dans ma ville, pour 800 $/mois, on peut louer un superbe appartement de 150 m2 avec cinq chambres…
Adjectives to describe a house
4. Imagine you are selling this house. Write a detailed listing. Use your imagination!
Magnifique maison de deux étages, très lumineuse...
Description du lieu
House furniture and objects
5. 36 Listen and circle the furniture and objects that you hear.
Prepositions of place
6. Observe the floor plan. What room corresponds to each sentence?
Il y a / Il n'y a pas
8. Look at the two pictures and describe what is or isn't in each room. Then compare the rooms to your own kitchen and living room.
a. Elle est en face de l’entrée :
b. Il est entre le bureau et la cuisine :
c. Il est à gauche du salon :
d. Elle est à droite des W.C. :
e. Elle est au fond de l’appartement, à gauche :
Adverbs of quantity
7. Complete these sentences to describe your home or your workplace.
a. Il n'y a pas assez de / d'
b. Il y a trop de / d'
c. est trop
d. sont trop
9. What is important for you in a housing situation? Write it down.
Mes critères pour choisir un logement
Toutes les chambres doivent avoir une fenêtre. L'appartement doit avoir des couleurs claires.
Dans la cuisine, il n'y a pas de….
Il faut / Devoir / Pouvoir + infinitive
Colors
10. Answer the quiz. L
LES GOÛTS ET LES COULEURS, ÇA NE SE DISCUTE PAS
1 À quelle couleur associez-vous les mots suivants ?
• le dimanche
• l'amitié
• le métro
• un téléphone
• un frigo
• les vacances
• On va chez moi ? CHAPITRE 4
Synthesis
11. What is your home like? Write a description for each of the categories in the chart.
Mon logement
Pour moi, le dimanche, c’est noir ou marron, parce que…
Superficie en m 2
Étage
Ascenseur
Prix
Avis positif ou négatif ?
12. Translate these expressions into English. Are the structures similar between English and French?
• Mon appartement fait 50 m2
• J’habite dans un appartement de 50 m2
• Tu paies combien de loyer ?
• Mon loyer est de 450 €.
• Comment c’est chez toi ?
• Chez moi, c’est beau
• Chez moi, il y a de la place.
2 Quelles sont les associations de couleurs qui vont bien ensemble dans un logement ?
Je pense que le blanc va bien avec tout. Pour moi, le beige et le marron vont bien ensemble. C’est agréable dans un salon.
3 Quelles couleurs vous n'aimez pas dans certaines pièces ?
• une salle de bains
• un salon
• Chez moi, il n’y a pas d’ascenseur.
• Chez moi, j’ai un grand canapé.
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