Breaking the French Barrier Level 1 (Beginner) Student Book + Digital Audio & Enhancements Online Access Code - 1 Year Subscription

Book will ship immediately; Online Access Code will be delivered via email.

The all-in-one textbook/workbook is the centerpiece of our language curriculum. With essential vocabulary, grammar fundamentals and up-to-date cultural information, our core text is everything you need for a full year's course.

Level 1 assumes no prior knowledge of French. The "First Steps" lesson presents all the sounds of the French language so that students can develop an authentic accent.

Theme-based, simple words and vocabulary offers students opportunities to learn words relevant to their daily lives at home, school, and beyond.

An action-packed dialogue series appears throughout the book offering students reading and listening comprehension practice.

Throughout the chapters, easy-to-understand explanations unravel these essential building blocks of language:

* nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions

* the present, passé composé, imperfect, and progressive tenses

* formal commands

The "online access code" provides 12 months of online access to the material of the respective print textbook. The online textbook integrates audio, video, cultural articles, answers, beautiful pictures of sites of interest, and notable people from French speaking countries. The exercises are interactive. A student can click on any single answer, see immediately if he/she is right or wrong, and view the correction. There are also responsive flashcards with sound files, oral questions, video instructional capsules. But the content -- explanations, exercises, and dialogues are exactly the same as the print book. Online Access provides students powerful tools that may appeal to different learning styles, especially auditory and visual learners.