Technology with options

An unparalleled digital learning environment with integrated content, resources, and tools built exclusively to support language learning.

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CHEMINS offers two levels of technology—Supersite and PRIME.

No two students, teachers, or classrooms are the same. At Vista Higher Learning, we recognize this and provide technology options that work for today and can grow with you for years to come. Whether your class is 100% digital or you only use technology to access teaching tools and resources, we can provide solutions that fit any curriculum or infrastructure.

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CHEMINS Supersite

  • Thousands of activities—many with auto-grading and immediate feedback
  • Instructional, cultural, and authentic streaming video presentations
  • Authentic and cultural literary readings with audio-sync
  • News and Cultural Updates
  • New Interactive Student Edition
  • All teacher resources—online Teacher Editions, scripts, answer keys, assessments, Activity Pack, I Can worksheets, and more
  • Video Virtual Chat activities with native speakers
  • Interactive maps with embedded audio and images
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CHEMINS PRIME

Everything the Supersite offers, plus:

  • Unique learning progression that focuses on student-directed learning
  • Vocabulary Tutorials with speech recognition and diagnostics
  • Grammar tutorials with speech recognition and diagnostics
  • Self-check activities with diagnostics and remediation
  • Web-enhanced readings with audio
  • Digital Integrated Performance Assessment
  • Video record and submit activities
  • Group Chats
  • An interactive map with major cities and geographical features

For Students

CHEMINS provides plenty of practice, communication tools, engaging media, and a safe environment for students to learn in.

Video Virtual Chats

Video Virtual Chats

Students create simulated conversations by responding to questions delivered by video recordings of native speakers.

Online newspaper articles to TV news segments

News and Cultural Updates

Access monthly links to carefully curated authentic resources from across the francophone world—from online newspaper articles to TV news segments. Each selection includes a scaffolded activity sequence leveled for built-in differentiation.

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Animated Grammar Tutorials

Animated Grammar Tutorials feature guided instruction with interspersed quick-checks to keep students on track and ensure comprehension. These tutorials entertain and inform students by pairing grammar rules with fun explanations and examples.

Engaging Media: New Fotonovela

Group Chats

Small groups of students work synchronously to record a conversation in the target language (available in PRIME).

Vocabulary Tutorials

Vocabulary Tutorials

Vocabulary Tutorials feature a cyclical learning sequence that optimizes comprehension and retention—Listen & repeat, Match, Say it. Audio hints and cognate/false cognate icons help students understand and remember new vocabulary (available in PRIME).

Speech Recognition

Speech Recognition

Speech recognition embedded in the Vocabulary Tutorials, Pronunciation Tutorials, and Roman-photo identifies student utterances in real time and objectively determines whether a student knows the word. This innovative technology increases student awareness of pronunciation through low-stakes production practice (available in PRIME).

For Students

Beyond the page

The student site provides:

  • Online Student Edition
  • Live communication practice
  • Interactive activities
  • Engaging & Original media
  • Cultural content
  • Safe environment

For Teachers

Time-saving tools, powerful course management, assessment solutions, and enhanced support.

Time-saving tools

Time-saving tools

We’ve done the heavy lifting for you by providing everything you need to plan, prepare, teach, and assess.

Course management interface

Powerful course management

Monitor student progress, communicate securely with students, and track and report on student effort and outcomes.

Assessment Solutions interface

Expand your testing possibilities with the new Assessment Builder

This vhlcentral feature makes it fast and easy to customize online tests and exams. Learn how to create your own questions from scratch or leverage any existing quiz, test, or exam content from any lesson within the same program. Assessment Builder provides the versatility you need with time-saving and reliable technology you deserve. Or quickly create/edit assessments by using our question banks.

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Enhanced Support

Get all the support and guidance you need—from face-to-face presentations and on-demand webinars, to instructional videos on a variety of topics.

More For Teachers

Other CHEMINS features

  • Online Student and Teacher Editions
  • Live communication practice
  • Interactive activities
  • Engaging and original media
  • Cultural content
  • Assignable IPAs (available in PRIME)
Teacher edition
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