1st Edition

Apparences A Novel Approach to Elementary French

By Kelly L. Kidder Copyright 2025
282 Pages 161 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 161 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 161 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Apparences takes an approach to teaching French that encourages discovery of grammatical structures and vocabulary through an engaging, modern narrative inspired by the classic French play, Cyrano de Bergerac . Through comprehensible language, each chapter tells the story of Max, a first-generation college student from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Roxane, an exchange student from... Read more

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapitre 1: L'arrivée

Chapitre 2: La belle langue française

Chapitre 3: Le concours

Chapitre 4: L'espoir

Chapitre 5 : Le rendez-vous

Chapitre 6: Le courage

Chapitre 7: La soirée inoubliable

Chapitre 8: L'échange

Chapitre 9: L'amour

Chapter 10: Le choix

Chapter 11: L'accident

Chapitre 12: La tristesse

Chapitre 13: L’avenir

Chapitre 14: La vérité

Index

Biography

Kelly L. Kidder is Professor of French at Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.