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Product Description Regardless of your confidence level in French, BRAVO! is a proven solution for success! The book's unique approach enables you to review first-year structures independently before you learn to master new material. BRAVO! helps you expand your linguistic and cultural knowledge through readings, audio recordings, specialized vocabulary development, and concise yet thorough grammar explanations. A variety of carefully crafted activities--all designed to build competence and confidence in using spoken French in and out of the classroom--help you along the way. About the Author Judy Muyskens is currently the provost of Nebraska Wesleyan University. Judy Muyskens formerly served as the vice president for academic programs for the Appalachian College Association and had worked at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire for 10 years. Her publications include French language instruction texts and literary anthologies. In addition, she has published a number of articles including such titles as "Universities and Secondary School Articulation" and "French Women in Language Textbooks: The Fiction and the Reality." Linda L. Harlow is Associate Provost of the Honors and Scholars Center at Ohio State and Associate Professor of French. She has published articles and book reviews of a pedagogical nature. Her research interests include foreign language pedagogy, TA training, and sociopragmatics. Michèle Vialet is a professor of Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Cincinnati. Her research areas include North African Women Writers (Assia Djebar), 17th-Century French Literature, and Literary Representation of Islamic Issues and Societies. Jean-François Brière is an associate professor at State University of New York at Albany. He has been actively involved in publishing and research.