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Encuentros ©2026

Comunicación y cultura

Middle and high school students join the adventure and learn Spanish as they travel to fascinating places in the Spanish-speaking world. Encuentros builds intercultural communicative proficiency through an integrated storyline, as well as through highly motivating, communicative, skill-oriented instruction and practice. It is now available with four levels for high school, plus two levels of technology—Supersite and PRIME.

Available July 2025

Where Communication and Culture Meet

Students create a solid linguistic and cultural foundation, preparing them for college- and career-level Spanish.

New Level 4: Four levels for high school, with updated authentic content and AP® prep in Level 4.
Supersite and Prime: Supersite grants access to all textbook content in robust, interactive digital format, while PRIME introduces additional enhanced features designed for digital-first classrooms.
Focus on CI and Language Acquisition: Encuentros is now more adaptable to a wide range of teaching styles, providing increased support for Comprehensible Input (CI) and acquisition-driven instruction strategies.
Un chin de… Video Series: The same video bloggers you love in Un chin de, now with more prominence in the text and more interpretive communication practice.
CI Readers: Two new culturally relevant readers per level (levels 1-3), with student activities and teachers’ guides for seamless lesson integration.

Digital at your fingertips

vhlcentral is our easy-to-use digital platform, fully integrated with the student textbook and built exclusively to support language learning. Encuentros is available with two levels of technology—Supersite and PRIME.