JENNY OLLERENSHAW was formerly Lecturer in French and a materials developer and writer at the Centre for Modern Languages at the Open University. She has been a professional languages material writer for the last 10 years specialising the writing of self-access materials for adults. STEPHANIE RYBAK has worked in several universities taking a particular interest in adult foreign language learning. She is the author of many successful courses including New Breakthrough French and Breakthrough French 2 . She has worked for many years as a full time author. BRIAN HILL is Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Brighton. He is an experienced and respected author, series editor and has worked on the Breakthrough Series since it was first conceived in 1982.