Alter Ego: Livre de l'eleve & CD audio 3

This textbook works well in the hands of a full immersion class with a native speaker. However, the stories in there, taken from the media, are outdated and to me , it is a boring aspect of this series of textbooks that could be revised more often. This latest edition is from around 2012/2013. This is seven years later, and the issues of the world have changed. The language, maybe not so much.

I was happy that the cd was still inside the clear slip at the back and that there were no markings that I could find inside.

This book is "must have" for those who study French and it fits with all my student requirements. What about the quality of this book, unfortunately, it is worse than I have expected and moreover , there aren't a few pages ( from 171 to 190). Also there is no the disk.

This is an OK textbook, but the explanations are not always clear, and the speakers on the CD's do not enunciate clearly enough for second language learners.

This is a textbook for people starting the B1 level of French (on the Common European Framework of Reference for Language). It's engaging, with lots of different types of exercises to try. The texts in the book include short stories as well as informal and formal texts about current affairs, so it's something that you can get interested in as well as using to improve your French. There are aural exercises on the CD that comes with the book, and a handy grammar section at the back.I found this a good tool for use in a classroom environment. I am not sure how good it would be if you were working on your own, as I needed the teacher to talk me through some of the work, even with the explanations.