Etoiles

by Gillian Taylor and D. Edwards

Published March 1968
Designed for Key Stages 3 and 4 of the National Curriculum and published jointly by BBC and Longman, "Etoiles" offers a range of multimedia resources which aim to encourage learning by capturing the interest of the students. It provides a systematic series of interest-led activities for pupils to enjoy while they learn. At each of five levels, the course comprises a student's book, teacher's book, simulation material, a resource file (including copymasters, progress records and flashcards), cassettes and a BBC School Television series. This teacher's file offers suggestions for teaching and IT applications, National Curriculum charts, cassette transcripts and cross-references to the BBC TV series. "Etoiles" avoids hypothetical activities - like ordering food students never eat - and instead opts for activities which learners can relate to here and now. It makes extensive use of pair, group and teacher-student work involving the conveying of genuine meaning.

Satellites

by Gillian Taylor and David Edwards

Published 1 June 1993
"Satellites" is a multi-media collection full-colour reading books and BBC audio material, all in French. There are 20 reading books which, in line with National Curriculum directives, support students' private reading and cassette recordings of all the stories read with music and sound effects. The 20 Satellite reading books are written in French and illustrted in colour. They are a mixture of contemporary and traditional stories, poetry and non-fiction and are arranged in three broad levels.