Quoi de Neuf ? French Language Learning Resources

The second edition of Quoi de Neuf ? Senior will be available from Term 3 2024.

The Quoi de Neuf ? Senior 2nd Edition Student Book is a hybrid textbook and workbook, with a variety of updated texts for viewing, reading, listening, speaking and multimodal practice. The topic texts present grammar and vocabulary in context along with writing and speaking practice and support.

Each chapter also provides revised supportive grammar explanations with check-in tasks and a cumulative grammar practice page. Updated exam-style questions, skill-building guidance and annotated samples for written and oral exams wrap it all up for efficient exam preparation.

Throughout the book students practise their intercultural, inquiry, reflection, multimodal and viewing skills while building on meaningful and personalised language and cultural skills in context.

Quoi de Neuf ? Senior 2nd Edition Student Book overview:

• A hybrid textbook and workbook for learners of French in Years 11 and 12
• Aligned to state senior curricula and exams requirements
• Updated texts for viewing, reading, listening and multimodal practice
• Speaking and writing practice and support in situ
• Revised supportive grammar explanations accompanied with check-in tasks and chapter cumulative grammar tasks page
• Updated exam-style texts and questions
• Skill-building and exam preparation guidance throughout
• Additional oral examination sample questions and model answers
• Additional and updated annotated exam writing samples and preparation guidance

The second edition of Quoi de Neuf ? Senior will be available from Term 3 2024.

With the Quoi de Neuf ? Senior 2nd Edition Student eBook + Assessment, students can access the student book and audio, take notes and save bookmarks – anywhere, anytime, online and offline.

The new edition digital resources include a bonus state-specific exam preparation chapter, additional grammar animations for more support, new digital grammar, reading, listening and speaking activities, as well as updated vocabulary lists, audio, and grammar worksheets, providing more ways for students to engage with their learning of French and prepare for their exams. All student books come with an eBook access code.

Quoi de Neuf ? Senior 2nd Edition Student eBook + Assessment overview:

• Access all Student Book pages and audio online and offline
• Add notes, save bookmarks and more
• New bonus state-specific exam preparation chapters
• Grammar explainer animations (including new ones!)
• New digital tracked prior learning and reflection, grammar, viewing and reading, listening and speaking activities with instant feedback in the Assessment section
• Updated vocabulary lists, audio and worksheets

The second edition of Quoi de Neuf ? Senior will be available from Term 3 2024.

The Quoi de Neuf ? Senior 2nd Edition Teacher eBook + Assessment with audio download provides teachers with access to all student eBook content including the new edition bonus state-specific exam preparation chapters, as well as updated answers, audio scripts and downloadable audio files.

The second edition teacher resources also include new state-specific practice exams with audio and their relevant marking guides and audio scripts, providing more ways for teachers to engage and prepare students for exam success.

It further supports teachers with updated curriculum mapping, new scope and sequence documents and other teaching guidance documentation.

Teachers also have access to the teacher assessment tasks allocation and dashboard to help them formatively assess students' learning and progress, and assign work.

They will also find a wealth of additional material for reading, writing and listening assessment skill building and practice.

Quoi de Neuf? Senior 2nd Edition Teacher eBook + Assessment with audio download overview:

• All Student eBook content, including the new edition bonus state-specific exam preparation chapters
• Updated answers, audio scripts and downloadable audio files
• New state-specific practice exams with audio, relevant marking guides and audio scripts
• Additional material to support assessment in reading and listening
• Updated curriculum mapping and teaching guidance documentation
• New state-specific scope and sequence documents
• Teacher Assessment dashboard to allocate tasks and formally assess class and student learning to inform teaching and remediation needs

Quoi de Neuf? 1–4, 2nd Edition student books integrate the intercultural language learning approach at their core and have been revised based on teacher and student feedback. They now better-support students with their learning of French and their development of language, intercultural, creative and critical thinking skills. They include:

• updated prompts (including viewing, intercultural and higher order thinking)
• updated, current visuals
• relevant real-life contexts and texts
• revised, more supportive grammar sections
• extension opportunities and extra support for personalised learning
• chapter vocabulary lists and updated projects.

The eBook is the electronic version of the student book and provides students with a range of resources that can be used on any device, including:

• grammar explanations animations
• interactive games
• all student book audio, activity book audio and worksheets audio
• pronunciation modelling videos
• drama-style videos that bring the language, culture and gestures to life
• editable worksheets
• complete editable chapter vocabulary lists.

The accompanying activity books follow the learning progression of the student books, and can be used both in and out of the classroom to encourage:

• intercultural and critical thinking
• self-reflection and peer assessment
• practise and consolidation of learnings.

The teacher resources for for each level of Quoi de Neuf? 1–4, 2nd Edition include:

• a Teacher Guide book, which includes implementation guidance, cultural notes, additional intercultural learning prompts, ideas for extension, consolidation and kinesthetic activities, answers and a map of all chapter resources available in the eBook and when to make the most of those in the learning progression;
• a Teacher eBook, which includes all of the Student eBook content and media, as well as teaching resources to help make lesson planning a breeze, including:
  • curriculum grids
  • editable chapter tests, and relevant audio and answers
  • projectable activity book answers
  • worksheets answers
  • a download pack of all audio files.

Quoi de Neuf ? takes a fun and authentic approach to language learning with sitcom-style videos called Copains Copines. Quoi de Neuf ? 1, 2 and 3 each have 4 episodes, which enhance student learning by:

• contextually exposing them to language with real-world, relevant situations
• providing fun opportunities to practise viewing and listening comprehension skills and intercultural understanding
• being carefully written to cater to expected levels of understanding.

Annabel Gassmann, one of the lead authors of Quoi de Neuf? Senior and a contributing author and consultant on Quoi de Neuf? 1-4 2nd Edition student books and teacher guides, has been actively involved in French education in France and in NSW for over 25 years. This includes a long languages career in NSW secondary schools as years 7-12 teacher and head of department. She is the Co-President of the NSW Association of French Teachers and has been involved extensively with NESA as an HSC marker, examiner, assessor, curriculum writer and HSC Chief Examiner.

Philippe Vallantin, one of the lead authors of Quoi de Neuf? Senior, teaches French 7-12 including VCE French and IB French at Lauriston Girls and is President of the Association of French Teachers of Victoria. He has written components of Touché !, Ça alors ! and Ça y est !, the Leading Edge French, and has co-written the Quoi de Neuf? 1 and 2 activity books and consulted on the student books. He also works with the Alliance française de Melbourne and the University of Melbourne on different projects including the review of the Queensland French Curriculum.

Prue Clarke has taught French for many years at Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School in Melbourne, where she has been Chief of Staff. She was a teaching consultant on the first edition of Quoi de Neuf? 1 & 2 before taking on the authoring role on the first edition of Quoi de Neuf? 3+4 student book and activity book. 

Nathalie Marchand has been actively involved in language education at primary and secondary levels for more than 16 years. She started her teaching career in England and has taught in two independent Victorian schools since 2007. She has experience in curriculum development and design, material development, as head of department for French, year level coordinator and examiner for both the VCE and IB examinations. She took part in the writing of online and assessing material for the first edition of Quoi de Neuf? 1-4 and has written the extension/CLIL taster material in the new edition of Quoi de Neuf? 1-4, is an author on the Quoi de Neuf? Senior resources and overall consultant on teaching and learning material for the series.

Salma Burfoot, author on the Quoi de Neuf? Senior resources, has taught French in Queensland secondary schools for the past 16 years. She has also been teaching mathematics and science in the French immersion program at Mansfield State high school since 1999. She has extensive experience in writing senior French work programs and assessment items for her school and in monitoring and verifying exams across many schools in south east Queensland in her role as a member of the QCAA district review panel.

James Armstrong, author on the Quoi de Neuf? Senior resources, has been teaching for 25 years. For the first 20 years, he taught French and German in inner-city schools in the north of England. As Curriculum Leader he developed strategies to meet the requirements of the UK National Curriculum and the various exam syllabuses. Since moving to Brisbane in 2014, James has been French Coordinator at a well-regarded state school. He has been a member of the French Panel for the QCAA, scrutinising and quality-assuring senior assessment portfolios. In 2016, James was a member of the QCAA Expert Writing Team, helping to create the updated senior French syllabus for introduction across Queensland in 2019.

Beatrice Vanderstichele has taught French in Victorian independent secondary schools for the last 15 years. She has worked with students from Year 7 to 12 and has been an assessor for VCE oral and written examinations. She has experience in curriculum planning and material development, and has a particular interest in creating multimodal tasks to provide students with ample opportunities to practise their language skills. In recent years, she has co-written practice examination papers for years 11 and 12 for the Association French Teachers of Victoria. Beatrice has also been involved in mentoring beginning teachers and presenting workshops for the AFTV for teachers of senior years. She is a contributing author on Quoi de Neuf? 3+4 2nd Edition student book and 1-4 tests, and a consultant on the Quoi de Neuf? Senior resources.

Ghislaine Barbe is the author of the first edition of Quoi de Neuf? 3+4 teacher guide. An education consultant in Languages F-12 for the Association of Independent Schools NSW for many years, she taught French, Japanese and Korean at high school level and was the French Language consultant at the NSW Department of Education. The French Government formally recognised Ghislaine's involvement in the promotion of the French language and culture in Australia by conferring to her the title of Chevalier des Palmes Académiques.

Claire Courtel is a qualified native teacher of French who has been teaching both overseas and in Australia for nearly 20 years. She has a wealth of experience developing curriculum from beginner to proficient levels for a range of learners. Claire is passionate about language learning and promoting cultural awareness. She really enjoyed working on the pronunciation and drama videos for Quoi de Neuf?.

Céline Fompudie is a French and humanities teacher with many years experience teaching in Victoria and the ACT and also overseas in Lithuania and India. She has been actively involved in language education in Australia for the past 10 years. She is interested in implementing innovative language teaching methods and has been teaching using a wide range of approaches. She started and developed the CLIL program at Glen Eira College in Melbourne. She is the author of the Quoi de Neuf? grammar animations and a reviewer of years 7-10 cross-curriculum material.

Martine Spooner, one of the consultants for Quoi de Neuf? Senior and author of the Quoi de Neuf? 2 2nd Edition tests, has been teaching French in WA secondary schools since 1999. She has worked as a years 7-12 teacher for mainstream as well as gifted and talented students, and as a head of department and assistant head of learning area.

Alex Brayle, a reviewer of Quoi de Neuf ?, has been working in education development and training throughout the Francophonie since the start of the 1990s, after a short career as a biologist and science journalist. He has worked in a range of high-impact roles between the Maghreb and Southeast Asia within the French international cooperation services, and then the AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie). Today Alex offers educational training and consulting services in France, Senegal and where the need arises.

Catherine Dhaussy, a reviewer of Quoi de Neuf ?, lives in Paris after having spent several years abroad (Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Tunisia). Her academic background as a researcher in cross-cultural studies between French-speaking and English-speaking areas and her experience in international organisations have made her interested in foreign language acquisition and mutual comprehension among speakers with different backgrounds.