L'atelier is a beginner course that encourages students to work together as they learn French. The course is designed for learners to cooperate to construct meaning from the exercises and to solve specific tasks, to discuss together and think about how the language works, step by step and in a spiral progression. In addition to the exercises there are cultural discoveries to be made and games to play. Learning strategies are included to aid progression and pronunciation is practiced via 34 phonetics videos in the book. The coursebooks include a code that gives access to a digital version of the book. The workbooks follow the same structure and progression as the coursebooks but also include 8 evaluation pages and 8 sections to prepare for the DELF exams. Transcripts of the listening texts and an answer key are included with the workbooks and the accompanying CD MP3s contain the oral comprehension exercises for the workbooks.
