Volume 8 of the Basic Course in French contains 10 lessons, one for each day of the sixteenth and seventeenth weeks of the intermediate phase. Every fifth lesson is a review. The objective of the intermediate phase is to enable the student to distinguish and use the most essential structures of French. The approach is audio-lingual and student-centered. This volume includes such features as present participle usage, the passive voice, the simple past tense, and verbal constructions. The individual lessons include the following elements: (1) perception drills on new materials; (2) a dialogue to be mastered; (3) homework assignments that include intensive drills, vocabulary items, study of grammar notes, and written exercises; and (4) review and practice material in reading and pattern drills which lead to free conversation. (Author/AMH)