2nd Edition
Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures
Level 3 / Intermediate Low — Intermediate Mid
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EntreCultures is a four-level, standards-based, thematically organized program. Each level consists of six units that provide learners with opportunities to interact and engage with authentic materials and adolescent speakers of the language. By learning in an intercultural context, students acquire communication skills and content knowledge while exploring the products, practices, and perspectives of francophone cultures.
Practice Listening and Speaking
Video blogs by young native speakers help students connect with peers across the world.
Authentic resources introduce students to diverse cultures, fostering global awareness and engagement.
Global community projects encourage students to interact with native-speaking communities.
Animated grammar videos reinforce key concepts with fun, visual storytelling that helps students truly understand and retain what they learn.
Can-Do Assessment Pathways, built using backward design, prepare students to show what they know and can do with the language at every stage of learning.
French for Life & Career Success
Equip students with essential life skills and career-focused lessons that pave the way for their success!
Nualang is a fun and engaging learning tool for conversation practice, included with all Wayside world language programs.
This safe and secure platform offers real-time, AI-enhanced feedback that helps language learners speak confidently, improve their skills, and stay immersed in the target language.
The Student Edition, including the French for Life and Career Success component, is comprised of six units that provide learners with opportunities to interact and engage with authentic materials and adolescent speakers of the language. By learning in an intercultural context, students acquire communication skills and content knowledge while exploring the products, practices, and perspectives of francophone cultures. Available in print and digital formats.
Designed to save you time and empower effective teaching, the Teacher Edition is your complete standards-aligned roadmap. Available in print and digital format.
Your Teacher Edition is Packed with:
✓ Built-in ACTFL standards alignment
✓ Can do assessment pathways
✓ Differentiation strategies
✓ Cultural insights
✓ Connections to other disciplines
✓ Proficiency-focused teaching tips
✓ Vocabulary and grammar guidance
✓ Dedicated support for heritage learners
The Workbook includes additional activities to practice vocabulary and grammar from each unit. Available in print and digital formats.
French for Life and Career Success offers life and career skill lessons which complement each unit of the Entrecultures series and forge links between the French classroom and Career and Technical Education. Each unit correlates with the themes, vocabulary, and structures of the student edition of Entrecultures, connecting French language to real-world career pathways.
Fifteen-year-old Nathalie Gauthier had reservations about her father’s new job in Africa, but little did she know that missing her home and her friends would be the least of her worries. She finds herself in the middle of an illegal bird-trading scheme, and it’s a race against time for her father to save her and the treasured African Greys.
This Comprehension-based™ reader, ‘Le Vol des oiseaux’, strategically weaves high-frequency language structures into a compelling story. Even upper-level language students need repeated exposure to language structures in order to fully acquire them; that's why our intermediate readers maintain a high-frequency factor of high-level language structures, thus helping learners progress beyond typical proficiency levels.
The Assessment Program offers performance-based assessments aligned with ACTFL guidelines. Each unit includes three formative assessments in all modes of communication, available in below-, on-, and above-level versions to support every learner.
Summative options include Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs) that measure real-world communication skills, and Alternate Objective Tests focused on grammar and vocabulary. All assessments feature clear, consistent rubrics and can be printed or assigned in Learning Site for flexible delivery.
Midterm and Final Assessments are also available.
Easily Engage, Personalize, and Track Learning
Smart tools help teachers save time and inspire learning. From personalized lessons and flexible pathways to engaging resources like eBooks and flashcards, everything is designed to boost student success and keep classrooms thriving.
Learning Site empowers educators with all the tools they need for classroom management, student engagement, and measurable outcomes, in one unified platform.
Easily move between content without losing your place.
Assign activities that can have can do statements to help students set goals and reflect on their progress.
Use the dashboard and portfolio to monitor progress over time.
Easily access your resources such as vocabulary lists, authentic sources, audio and video transcripts, and much more.
From assignment to assessment to reporting—manage it all effortlessly on one platform.
Choose from 50- and 90-minute lesson plans for all levels, or create your own with our Lesson Plan generator.
Move effortlessly between lessons, resources, Nualang games—everything you need, right where you need it.
Learn the platform quickly with an easy-to-follow tour.
From day one, you’ll receive customized onboarding, training, and ongoing support—at no cost. We stay with you through every stage of adoption with pedagogy-focused workshops and coaching tailored to your district’s needs—in-person, virtual, or online.
And when you’re ready to grow further, our Expand Professional Learning program offers ongoing opportunities to help your teachers and students thrive.
From engaging live webinars to inspiring on-demand content, this professional learning series delves into effective teaching strategies designed to empower your students to shine beyond the classroom.
Enhance your teaching and boost classroom impact through in-person workshops, self-paced online courses, and a wealth of resources designed to support your professional growth.
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We make rostering and integrations effortless—connecting your systems securely so teachers can focus on what really matters: their students.
"I can't write enough about how great EntreCultures is. I love that it has the themes and the essential questions from the AP®, starting in level one! It is so much more 'real' to have all the lessons in context, meaningful, relevant, connected, and correlated in a manner that gears students for higher-level thinking and learning. By the time they take AP®, they will be so prepared."
A. Leonardo
Educator, FL
Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures
Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures
Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures
Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures
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