With a more contemporary layout, this new edition of "Objectif Express" uses efficient and pragmatic task-based learning methods to enable the student to achieve rapid autonomy in French. The course is designed to ensure that the student not only learns and remembers French vocabulary and grammar in specific contexts, but is also introduced to a broader understanding of the language. The updated content keeps pace with developments in the French-speaking business world and its action-oriented approach is based on performing simple, concrete tasks centred around the French-speaking working world. Each unit contains "repères culturels" pages to acquire socio-cultural knowledge and develop intercultural awareness and "repères professionnels" to help students gain insight into business documents and the codes of the French and French-speaking business culture. A comprehensive evaluation system in the student's book helps prepare for the CCIP exams and preparation pages for the DELF Pro are included in the workbook. Conjugation tables, lists of common acronyms, a map of France, transcripts of the listening texts and self-evaluation answer keys are all included in the appendices. The CD-Rom that comes with the student's book contains videos, portfolio sheets, an interactive multilingual glossary, plus the audio texts from the book for total learner autonomy.
