Activity Booklet with Interactive Exercises

The interactive exercises are a supplementary offer to the Activity Booklet. The training units are aligned with the teaching content and provide students with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the most important topics. Tips and feedback support independent task completion.

Information about the Series Edition

The big advantage for competency-oriented French teaching. Ŕ plus! New Edition focuses entirely on the competency development of students. The textbook is easy to handle, does not overwhelm students while providing faster learners with enough material, and inspires and motivates through songs, games, and movement-based learning.

Transparent Structure of the Units

The introductory page presents the learning tasks and gives an overview of the competency focuses. This is followed by three sections with texts and exercises that specifically prepare for the learning tasks.

Individualization

All students are different – Ŕ plus! New Edition offers two learning tasks per unit to choose from.

Differentiation: the right level for everyone

Parallel exercises in the student book show two learning paths leading to the same goal. Symbols mark tasks at the upper and lower ends of the performance spectrum.

Preparation for the DELF

From the first units, Ŕ plus! New Edition prepares for the DELF. Test tasks in DELF format are provided on the review pages.

Diagnosing and Supporting

On the optional pages "Fais le point" and "Bilan," students review what they have learned and check their performance level. Teachers find a diagnostic tool here to create individual support plans – complemented by materials in the teacher’s folder. Also suitable for "paperless" use on PC and teacher platforms.

Teacher’s Edition for the Student Book

Vocabulary and grammar highlighted in color, notes for lesson preparation, and references to additional materials such as transparencies, interactive whiteboard materials, extra differentiation and support exercises in the teacher materials.

Audio CDs

The CDs include lesson texts as well as listening comprehension exercise texts, songs, and poems.

Video DVD

Integrated listening and viewing comprehension is central from the start: The video DVD shows film sequences indicated by a DVD symbol in the student book.

Activity Booklet with Audio and Video Material

Varied textbook-accompanying exercises and tasks with intensified dialogue training in role plays and cooperative tasks, differentiated offerings for different learning prerequisites, review exercises in or before each unit, listening and viewing comprehension tasks, diagnostic pages ("Fais le point") to check learning status after each unit, and extra support exercises in the inserted booklet.

Interactive Exercises

The interactive exercises are a supplementary offer to the workbook. The training units are aligned with the teaching content and provide students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of key topics. Tips and feedback support independent task completion.

Vocabulary Trainer App

Learn vocabulary playfully on smartphone and tablet: Available to match the textbook in the App Store and Google Play.

Interactive Vocabulary Trainer

The vocabulary trainer is software specifically for vocabulary learning – precisely aligned with the textbook. The program consists of two parts: The interactive vocabulary card file accompanies students throughout the school year in practicing, learning, and testing vocabulary from the textbook. All vocabulary is voiced. Multimedia-supported vocabulary learning is fun and based on the proven flashcard principle in several steps until the vocabulary “sticks.” With the diverse interactive vocabulary exercises, vocabulary can be deepened.

Vocabulary Pocketbook: Ideal for Reviewing and Learning on the Go

Complete learning vocabulary of the textbook, vocabulary for dialogue training: Les mots pour le dire, memory aids and mnemonics, vocabulary exercises for review and consolidation, and solutions for checking. All words and expressions can be listened to with the TING pen (not included); MP3 player or PC are not necessary.

My Grammar for Self-Writing

With this grammar booklet, students can regularly record their progress, formulate and collect grammar rules themselves. This way, they always have an overview of their knowledge. The detachable pages can be easily filed and stored, so they remain accessible in the next school year. Solutions for self-check are available for download.

Grammar Booklet: Clear Overview of Grammatical Phenomena

The booklet for different learning types offers numerous memory aids, learning tips, from volume 2 a summary of grammar content from all previous volumes, as well as mini-check tasks for immediate application of rules. Includes exercise pages after each unit (also available as worksheets in PDF format).

My Vocabulary Trainer: Learn Vocabulary by Topics and in Context

In the vocabulary trainer, students regularly record their progress and collect thematic vocabulary as well as important expressions. The booklet is divided into three color-coded sections: Vocabulaire thématique, Les mots pour le dire, Mots en contexte. The detachable pages can be easily filed and stored – accessible also in the next school year. Solutions for self-check are available for download.

Learning Diary

Students can regularly record their progress in the learning diary as well as collect thematic vocabulary, important expressions, and grammar. The learning diary is divided into four color-coded sections, which can be easily filed thanks to detachable pages: Vocabulaire thématique, Les mots pour le dire, Mots en contexte, Grammaire. Solutions for self-check are available for download.

Class Test Trainer for Targeted and Independent Preparation

Two class tests per unit/dossier, tasks for reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing and speaking, mediation, as well as vocabulary and grammar. Training cards to improve speaking skills, notes on assessment and correction, listening texts for training listening comprehension with closed and semi-open task formats, and solutions for self-check.

Teacher Materials in Folder

Guidelines with reproducible templates, diagnostic and support materials, differentiation materials, CD-ROM with support materials – approved for learning platforms, and audio CD with extra listening texts.

Lesson Preparation à la Carte

The CD-ROM offers a versatile toolbox for lesson preparation: With tools that integrate into Microsoft Word, you can quickly and easily create worksheets with letter, word, and sentence mixers, word snakes, cloze texts, and crosswords. You can also check any French texts regarding vocabulary progression from Ŕ plus! The lesson preparation contains all textbook texts as well as transcripts of the listening exercises from the book and Activity Booklet. Additional materials include DVD transcripts, numerous illustrations, practical suggestions for curriculum planning, and help for creating an internal school curriculum for French.

Suggestions for Performance Assessment

Numerous tasks for each unit of the student book covering the five competency areas: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, text production (writing), mediation, and speaking. Also included are test tasks for grammar and vocabulary.