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Breaking the Barrier is a series of Spanish, French, and Italian textbooks originally authored by John Conner, Catherine Schwenkler, and colleagues at The Breaking the Barrier Company. Each language is offered in three levels — Level I, Level II, and Level III — with student texts, answer keys, audio recordings, and online practice. The series is widely adopted in US independent schools and is commonly used by homeschoolers seeking a standard, non-devotional high school foreign language credit. The texts use a traditional grammar-and-dialogue approach with culture sidebars.
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- Breaking the Spanish Barrier I/II/III
- Breaking the French Barrier I/II/III
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