Crossroads Cafe is an exciting video program about real people working and living in the U.S.! Colorful Photo Stories and Worktexts make Crossroads Cafe an ideal program for practicing listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills, as well as learning about U.S. culture and workplace competencies.-- 26 half-hour episodes of motivating Videos include Word Play and Culture Clips.-- Colorful Photo Stories for beginning students include still frames from the videos to aid in comprehension and vocabulary development.-- Worktexts contain multi-level language activities that develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills.-- Teacher's Resource Books include lesson plans and reproducible handouts.-- Assessment Packages contain reproducible masters, one two-hour video, and an audio tape.-- Partner Guide is ideal for distance learning programs and provides tutoring suggestions, exercises, and activities to strengthen the learner's oral skills. - from Amzon