Espaces, 6th Edition

Rendez-vous avec le monde francophone

Espaces takes a fresh, student-friendly approach to introductory French aimed at making students’ learning and instructors’ teaching easier, more enjoyable, and more successful. Espaces develops students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills so that they will be able to express their own ideas and interact with others meaningfully and for real-life purposes.

Available August 2026

What sets this program apart?

The new edition expands cultural comparisons and perspectives while building sociolinguistic awareness for confident, accurate communication in diverse francophone settings.

What’s New:

  • New 2024 Silver-Telly Award-winning Roman-photo video series
  • New web-only Contextes audio-sync vocabulary readings
  • New Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) strand offers assignable, proficiency-based assessments built around Le Zapping videos
  • New Projet strand features meaningful, personalized tasks that build real-life communication skills.
  • New vText integrates audio and video with split-screen access to multimedia and textbook content
  • New Group Chats and Student Video Recordings

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Digital at your fingertips

Experience the Espaces Supersite, an unparalleled digital learning environment with integrated content, resources, and tools built exclusively to support language learning.

  • Everything you need to plan, teach, and assess
  • Program-specific, theme-based practice activities with auto-grading and immediate feedback
  • Plenty of authentic and cultural media
  • Robust assessment program with ability to customize or create your own
  • News and Cultural Updates to keep students informed about current events in the French-speaking world

Product details

  • Author
    James Mitchell | Cheryl Tano
  • Lessons
    15
  • Published
    ©2027

For students

  • Student Edition textbook (paperback or loose-leaf)
  • Supersite Plus with vText—the online, interactive student edition
  • WebSAM online student workbook

For instructors

  • Instructor Annotated Edition textbook
  • Instructor Supersite with Online Instructor’s Edition, Testing Program, Activity Pack, and additional instructor resources
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