Graded French Reader: Premiere Etape » (6th Edition)

Dr. Marianne Golding received her Ph.D. in French Literature from UCLA in 1996. She has been teaching at Southern Oregon University since 1997. Her specialties include francophone literature, women's autobiography, and French and francophone cinema. Her current areas of research are French and francophone cinema and twenty-first century women authors.

Developed for second- and third-year French courses, Graded French Reader, Premi're ?tape, 6/e, helps students transition from language-based courses to literature and culture courses through review of vocabulary and grammar and an emphasis on oral communication. Presenting a variety of genres, the readings feature works by contemporary francophone authors, including women writers. Texts are organized in order of difficulty and are presented in manageable sections. Comprehension, linguistic, and communicative activities accompany each reading.

Part One Dantès, Alexandre Dumas
Part Two L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle, Tristan Bernard
Part Three Le Coeur à rire et à pleurer: contes vrais de mon enfance, Maryse Condé
Part Four Le Horla, Guy de Maupassant La Belle et la Bête, Madame Leprince de Beaumont Le Chat botté, Charles Perrault Vocabulary