Marie-Thérèse Bougard is a native speaker and an established author of French teaching materials with over 25 years experience in educational publishing. She has written several highly successful French language courses for a variety of prominent publishers such as the BBC, Oxford University Press and Nelson Thornes. She also works as a language trainer and consultant, as well as having translated a series of bilingual books for children. Glennis Pye is a current classroom practitioner who teaches French and Spanish at secondary level. She is a lecturer in Secondary ML on the PGCE course at St Mary's University College, giving sessions on a range of methodological and pedagogical themes. She has previously authored language learning materials for Cambridge University Press and BBC Learning.