Points de départ is a complete, versatile program for introductory college and university French courses. It has been conceived for use in accelerated, intensive, and review programs; in hybrid courses incorporating distance learning; and in courses with limited contact time, i.e., three or fewer hours per week over an academic year. Developed by the authors of the extremely successful Chez nous French program, Points de départ incorporates many of the innovative features of that text while maintaining a focus on the essential content of an introductory course.

This Books á la Carte Plus Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class — all at an affordable price. It comes packaged with a MyFrenchLab access code to which gives students access to all of MyFrenchLab’s grade-boosting resources… PLUS a complete e-book of the textbook!