KATE BEECHING is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and French at the University of the West of England. She has taught non-specialist French at post GCSE level for many years and has already published a number of highly successful French text-books at this level. She is the author of several articles on pedagogic issues including the implementation of institution-wide language programmes and approaches to teaching French to non-specialists ANNIE FONTAINE LEWIS is a Senior Lecturer in French Studies. After graduating from Rouen University in 1972 she taught in secondary schools in France and then in Bristol. She joined the Department of Languages at the former Bristol Polytechnic (now U.W.E) in 1981 where she has been involved in creating teaching materials at all levels on undergraduate programmes. She also co-produced a computer-based grammar programme, from beginners to advanced level.