Spanish

Portales 2.0 puts students first by providing valuable opportunities for them to practice and explore the target language. Our progression of content breaks down lessons into manageable portions and guides students through the active learning steps that are required to learn a new language. Using Portales 2.0, students build a strong foundation for language development, both in and out of class.

Introduce your students to Spanish with Vistas! The sixth edition has even more video, activities, and digital tools to guide your students in their exploration of Spanish, and gives you the flexibility to adapt the program to your teaching style.

Aventuras focuses on culture and communication, with a reduced amount of vocabulary and grammar presented to students in each lesson. The new Fotonovela video brings context to the lesson themes, along with other integrated video segments throughout the program.

Experiencias is designed to give students a collection of rich cultural experiences of the Spanish-speaking world, from which they build their own multimodal cultural portfolio of engaging projects. Based on research in second language acquisition, metacognition, and student-centered pedagogy, Experiencias takes a unique and fresh approach, where students are empowered with strategies that encourage them to take charge of their own learning experience.

Introducing Perspectivas, a new intermediate Spanish program that offers a unique focus on the cultural perspectives of the Spanish-speaking world by embedding cultural products and practices into every aspect of instruction. Perspectivas teaches students to communicate inside and outside the classroom with competence and understanding in the target culture.

Designed to strengthen students’ intermediate Spanish language skills and develop cultural competency, Imagina features a fresh, magazine-like design with authentic short films and readings, and weaves thematic, cultural, and grammatical concepts throughout each of its lessons.

Designed to strengthen students’ intermediate Spanish language skills and develop cultural competency in a one-semester course, Sueña features a fresh, magazine-like design with authentic short films and readings, and weaves thematic, cultural, and grammatical concepts throughout each of its lessons.