C'est Ca! Essentials of French

Name: C'est Ca! Essentials of French
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780070236974

by Unknown Author

1995McGraw-Hill EducationISBN 9780070236974

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About this book

C'est ça! is a brief introduction to French that gives students the essential French grammar and vocabulary they need in a sleek and elegant package. C'est ça! is ideal for any instructor who wants to finish a first-year textbook without rushing. The streamlined three-part chapter organization of C'est ça! clearly presents the vocabulary, grammar and culture of the French language and the Francophone world and provides students with ample practice in all four skills. This slim volume features an attractive, colorful design with realia from throughout the entire French-speaking world. C'est ça! carefully integrates the authentic materials into each chapter, not only to give students a feeling for the French and Francophone cultures but also to provide them with a context for the grammar and vocabulary they are learning. In addition to the cultural material in the text, C'est ça! incorporates nearly 2 hours of video material into the program to increase students' knowledge of French language and cultures.

Publication Details

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 1995
ISBN: 9780070236974
Language: en

About Unknown Author

The winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature, William Golding is among the most popular and influential British authors to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. Golding's reputation rests primarily upon his first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954), which is consistently regarded as an effective and disturbing portrayal of the fragility of civilization. **Childhood and college years** Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor in Cornwall, England, in 1911. His father, Alex, was a schoolmaster, while his mother, Mildred, was active in the Women's Suffrage Movement (the movement for women's right to vote). As a boy, his favorite authors included H. G. Wells (1866–1946), Jules Verne (1828–1905), and Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950). Since the age of seven, Golding had been writing stories, and at the age of twelve he attempted to write a novel. Golding remained an enthusiastic writer and, upon entering Brasenose College of Oxford University, abandoned his plans to study science, preferring to read English literature. At twenty-two, a year before taking his degree in English, Golding saw his first literary work published—a poetry collection simply titled Poems. After graduating from Oxford in 1935, Golding continued the family tradition by becoming a schoolmaster in Salisbury, Wiltshire. His teaching career was interrupted in 1940, however, with the outbreak of World War II (1939–45). Lieutenant Golding served five years in the British Royal Navy and saw active duty in the North Atlantic, commanding a rocket launching craft. **Lord of the Flies** Golding had enhanced his knowledge of Greek history and mythology by reading while at sea, and when he returned to his post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1945, he began furthering his writing career. He wrote three novels, all of which went unpublished. But his frustration would not last long, when, in 1954, Golding created The Lord of the Flies. The novel was rejected by twenty-one publis