English As A Second Language (ESL)

Crossroads Café

The series revolves around a city café where the lives of six likable characters come together. Each episode features two learning aids: "Word Play," an animated segment demonstrating a specific language function, and "Culture Clips," a documentary-style look at the issues dramatized in each episode. Crossroads Café was developed through a partnership among the state education agencies of California, Florida, Illinois, and New York; INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications; Heinle & Heinle Publishers; the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; the U.S. Information Agency; and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

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