This beginner-level French course focuses on authentic everyday situations to help users acquire basic language skills with confidence and ease. Basic French is ideal for beginning language learners who prefer a mixture of print and audio components and a fairly traditional learning approach. The audio CDs featuring native French speakers immerse the users in typical everyday situations allowing their language skills to progress in no time. By the end of the course, users will know how to greet people and introduce themselves, describe their friends and family, find their way around town and make plans.