Course materials (FREN 101 and 102)

You will be expected to have the required course materials and to bring your textbook to class (be that the printed version, the online e-book, or printed pages of the chapter we are working on in class at that time).

1. SHORT VERSION

We are using the same materials as for FREN 101 last term.

  • If you bought the appropriate set materials for FREN 101 last term, or in 2014 or 2015 or 2016, you DO NOT NEED TO BUY ANYTHING ELSE.
  • If you took FREN 101 in 2013-14, please contact the course co-ordinator for further instructions

Manley, Smith, McMinn, Prévost
Horizons (6th edition): textbook & iLrn online exercises
Nelson/Heinle/CENGAGE 2015

  • ISBN 9780176699406
    = custom softbound textbook + iLrn access code / book key (on a card/sheet of paper in the “custom pack” package)
    Available at the UBC Bookstore
    and from Discount Textbooks (University Village)
    (and elsewhere: if buying a used / second-hand copy from another student—for example someone who took FREN101 last term but isn’t taking FREN102 this term—please ensure your online access does not expire before the end of the course; and please contact the course co-ordinator for further instructions)

OR

  • ISBN 9781285457444
    = just the iLrn access code: no printed textbook (cheaper), purely online version
    available online ex. directly from the publishers
    (and elsewhere: if buying a used / second-hand copy from another student—for example someone who took FREN101 last term but isn’t taking FREN102 this term—please ensure your online access does not expire before the end of the course; and please contact the course co-ordinator for further instructions)

Both versions include an access code / book key, giving access to http://hlc.quia.com/books:

  • Horizons ebook: can also be highlighted, annotated, printed out, etc.
  • Horizons electronic student activities manual: online exercises
  • further materials online: more exercises, practice, self-tests, audio-enhanced vocabulary flashcards, downloadable grammar & pronunciation tutorials & podcasts, games, puzzles, audio & video, etc.
  • CAVEAT EMPTOR: WHEN PURCHASING YOUR COURSE MATERIALS, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR ACCESS CODE DOES NOT EXPIRE BEFORE YOUR FINAL EXAM!

LOOKING FOR A CHEAPER VERSION?

  • students who have previously taken FREN 101 & 102 often resell their course materials once they have finished the courses: if buying from them, please make sure
    —that you are buying the right thing (Horizons 6th edition,  as used in FREN 101+102 from September 2014 through summer 2016)
    —that online access is valid until the end of the course (and if you’re also taking 102: until its end)
    —and that it’s not more expensive than buying your materials new!
  • The Ubyssey has good advice on buying textbooks, with tips and links (ex. Craigslist):
    “The ultimate guide to buying UBC textbooks” (2016-09-03)
  •  Discount Textbooks (University Village)

GOT YOUR MATERIALS?
GOOD!
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  • course materials (2): online.
    In this post, you will find information on how to access and use the online version of Horizons, including your e-book and the online exercises.

QUICK LINKS:

2. LONG VERSION

Horizons is available in various versions and packages, online and in bricks & mortar stores. In FREN 101, we work on the preliminary chapter and chapters 1-4. In FREN 102, we will work on chapters 5-9.

In both courses, we will use both the textbook and the online exercises (or “eSAM,” electronic student activities manual). You will receive further details on the online exercises in the first two weeks of term.

The easiest thing for you to do is for you to buy the custom package from (inter alia) the UBC Bookstore. We’re pretty sure that’s the cheapest way to buy Horizons too, if you want to have a printed physical book.

The second-easiest but the cheapest: buying the eBook + iLrn version (and no printed book).

The reasons we’re asking you to buy the online version (whether or not you also buy the softbound physical book):

  1. to give you practice exercises between classes: this will help you to prepare for each class in advance, and to review material after class. These activities are vital for reinforcing learning, and helping you to learn more, better, more solidly, deeper.
  2. to help your classroom learning: so that you can do or redo exercises from the textbook (in its ebook version), some of which will be worked on in class, and some of which (= the mechanical / rote exercises) you can complete at your leisure, without time pressure!
  3. so that you can listen to more pronunciation online: including everything that is in the textbook. You’ll also find virtual flashcards, with pronunciation, for all the vocabulary in the textbook. There are many other extra useful materials attached to the ebook version of the textbook: self-testing, for example.

WHAT TO BUY: EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING TWO OPTIONS

OPTION 1:
= custom softbound textbook + iLrn package
ISBN 9780176699406
Publisher suggested retail price: $130 to $135
Available from:

This is a special custom pack, made to measure for this course and so as to be cheaper than buying the textbook (hardback, one or two volumes) and iLrn package in the standard formats, as sold by various retailers and directly by the publisher.

***OR***

OPTION 2:
= the purely online iLrn version; no printed book
ISBN 9781285457444
This is available

  • directly from the publishers
    Price (varies with exchange rates):
    = USD 99.95
  • and elsewhere online; other prices online may vary, you will be able to find this information by performing an online search for “ISBN 9781285457444”
    ISBN= International Standard Book Number, a unique numerical book identifier.
    Ex. Google search for “ISBN 9781285457444“

You may wish to buy the online-only version instead of the custom package, if you are happy being entirely online and just using the ebook. You will need to buy this if you have succeeded in finding a second-hand copy of the textbook for under about $25 (must include the requisite chapters! be careful: check that the textbook you’re buying isn’t just up to ch. 4, i.e. volume I of the 2-volume version of the textbook…).

BUT DO NOT BUY BOTH: JUST ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS ABOVE!!!

Students will have access to the Horizons iLrn site, and will also have access to supplementary resources online (= this UBC Blogs site; you may also have a UBC Connect site, with similar information and anything extra added by your individual section’s instructor).

If you are not buying Horizons from the UBC Bookstore, please ensure that whatever you buy includes

  • Horizons 6th ed. textbook:
    up to and including ch. 9 + the appendices and indices
    ***AND***
  • Horizons 6th ed. iLrn access code: for the online exercises
    NB: make sure you have access for the whole duration of the course, until the date of the final exam. If you are also taking FREN 102, make sure you have access until its end too. You may find cheaper codes for sale, always check when they expire!

More at the publisher’s website: see

For the textbook: it does not matter whether the version you have is printed or electronic; if it’s printed, whether it’s hardcover, looseleaf, or the custom edition; if you bring the whole book to class or just the current (and, it would be wise, previous) chapter(s); and, for the electronic version, it doesn’t matter whether you buy the whole eBook or just one eChapter at a time. So long as you have the right book in the right edition—in whatever form—with you in class, and available to work on outside class, until at least the final exam.

This is what the book cover looks like in the UBC custom version: it is different from the non-custom normal one:

READ NEXT:

  • course materials (2): online.
    In this post, you will find information on how to access and use the online version of Horizons, including your e-book and the online exercises. NB: online exercises only start in week 2 of term.