Helping students maximize their study efforts--and results--the MANUEL DE PREPARATION includes activities for diagnostic testing and review of previously learned material; preparation for grammar, speaking, and reading activities in the MANUEL DE CLASSE; activities to accompany the "Magazine Culture" sections of the text; vocabulary lists for each chapter theme; literary tenses; verb charts; an answer key for self-correcting exercises, diagnostic tests and retests; the audio script; a glossary of vocabulary; a grammatical reference; a functional vocabulary index; a thematic vocabulary index; and maps."