The MANUEL DE PRÉPARATION includes vocabulary lists for the chapter's theme; activities for diagnostic testing review of previously learned material; preparation for grammar, speaking, and reading activities in the MANUEL DE CLASSE; a systematic writing development program correlated to SYSTÈME-D 4.0 CD-ROM functional, grammatical, and lexical information; 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.