The French Course Companion and Study Guide have been written specifically for the Languages B programme which will be taught from September 2011 with first assessment from May 2013. These two components are suitable for both Higher and Standard level students. These two components provide plenty of guidance and information about topics that students need to deal with the themes, text types and assessment required for the new Languages B Diploma programme. The Course Companion covers all the core and optional topics and has a separate unit on literature. Students are given a wide variety of text types and assessment-style questions and are encouraged to think and reflect in an IB-inspired way. Further links are made throughout to Theory of Knowledge and Creativity, Action, Service.

A Relations sociales A1. Famille A2. Amour et amitie A3. Les valeurs des jeunes A4. Le monde du travail A5. Discriminations et identite A6. La vie dans la cite Extension: Diversites culturelles Diversites culturelles 1: Aspects geographiques et historiques Diversites culturelles 2: Vers une culture mondiale unique ? Diversites culturelles 3: Migrations Diversites culturelles 4: Stereotypes Diversites culturelles 5: Le francais dans le monde Diversites culturelles 6: Le francais: dialectes, patois, creoles, jargon, argot B Themes mondiaux B1. L'environnement B2. Aspects geographiques et statistiques: relations Nord-Sud B3. Le patrimoine culturel: bien particulier ou propriete de l'humanite ? B4. Les droits de l'homme B5. Institutions et moyens de communication internationaux B6. Guerres et Paix Extension: Sante Sante 1: Dependances Sante 2: Desequilibres et mal-etre Sante 3: La sante dans le monde Sante 4: Medicine et ethique C Comunication et media C1. Les transports C2. Points de vue, propagande C3. Publicite C4. Les nouvelles technologies C5. L'Internet et les communications en ligne Extension: Loisirs Loisirs 1: Tourisme et voyages Loisirs 2: Sport et ethique Loisirs 3: Cinema et television Loisirs 4: Musique et arts du spectacle Extension: Science et technologie Science et technologie 1: La technologie environmentale Science et technologie 2: Les manipulations genetiques Science et technologie 3: Les previsions et l'exploration Science et technologie 4: Sciences, ecole, quotidien Extension: Coutumes et traditions Coutumes et traditions 1: Traditions familiales et rites de passage Coutumes et traditions 2: Fetes et festivals Coutumes et traditions 3: Autour de la table Coutumes et traditions 4: Politesses et bonnes manieres Coutumes et traditions 5: Croyances et supersititions Textes litteraires Written work

Authors: Christine Trumper , John Israel

`My students and I are finding the French B Course Companion an excellent tool for preparation.' Martha Kenny, Department Head - Languages, Cobequid Educational Centre. Canada