Spanish

Perspectivas is an 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. This program teaches students to communicate inside and outside the classroom with competence and understanding in the target culture. It also offers a rich variety of authentic materials, including documentary-type materials, short video clips, authentic audio selections, and literary readings.

Experiencias: Intermediate Spanish is a program developed 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.

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

En tu medio, 2e incorporates a communicative approach that emphasizes high-interest, culturally relevant input. Every aspect of this program was designed with the twenty-first-century learner in mind. It features a highly visual format, student-friendly themes, a focus on youth culture, plus authentic short films, blogs, social media, profiles of real people, and readings that help students forge a personal connection to the target culture. 

Enfoques, 6e takes an interactive, communicative approach designed to provide students with an active and rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop their cultural competency. It focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts to develop and consolidate students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

Facetas, 6e takes an interactive, communicative approach designed to provide students with an active and rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop their cultural competency. It focuses on real communication in meaningful contexts to develop and consolidate students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.

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.