The basic dossier is the first compulsory component of the new Horizons Dossier series. It teaches all the strategies on which the subsequent dossiers are based. The methodological and communicative competences, as well as text and media competence, are deepened and consolidated. The dossier on youth is divided into five chapters: Identité, Emotions, Confrontations, Evasions, Visions. It contains diverse, authentic (non-adapted) texts, including many lively fictional texts from the field of youth literature. It also features numerous video and audio documents, bandes dessinées, cartoons, photographs, and graphics. The varied task apparatuses train all competences to be promoted, if necessary with recourse to the strategies offered. Language-productive, creative tasks hold significant value.