French news listening and speaking practice

Author: Chen Wei
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Familiarize with news terminology, improve listening comprehension skills. 40 news reports are selected from major French media.
Content is up-to-date: Reports events that occurred from September 2003 to January 2004.
Exercises are well-designed: Comprehensive training in vocabulary, comprehension, and expression, suitable for both teaching and self-study. French News Listening and Speaking Practice is a listening practice reference book designed for French learners with a certain foundation who wish to improve their listening and speaking skills and comprehension.
The editor, with over a decade of professional French teaching experience, has carefully selected and designed the news topics and exercises, aiming to help readers accurately grasp the content of each news report, thereby enabling them to improve their French proficiency, understand French society, familiarize themselves with news terminology, and expand their vocabulary.
The news reports included in French News Listening and Speaking Practice are excerpted from major French news media. They cover a series of significant or interesting events that occurred in France and abroad from September 2003 to January 2004, spanning a wide range of fields such as politics, economics, society, science, culture, and sports. Through this book, readers not only get exposed to news reports on various topics but also gain insights into the rich and diverse life of French society.
As a listening practice supplementary book for intermediate French learners, French News Listening and Speaking Practice combines features of both a teaching textbook and a self-study book. It includes 40 listening passages (aligned with the 40 teaching units of a university-level one-year course), covering a wide range of topics and lively content. These passages include both entertaining reports focused on events and news reports in the form of statistical data, interviews, and political affairs, reflecting the current state of French society. Additionally, it comes with 2 audio cassettes.