Key Features

• Annotated Teacher Edition

  The comprehensive Teacher Edition of EntreCulturas provides guidance in incorporating proficiency-based instruction in your classroom. It includes instructional notes, answer keys, scaffolding tips, support for advanced learners, and connections to other disciplines, ensuring educators have the tools needed to effectively teach with the series.

• AP^® and IB Themes

  The series incorporates key themes and subthemes from Advanced Placement (AP^®) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs right from the start. This alignment helps students engage with content that is directly relevant to these curricula, enhancing their overall educational experience.

• Authentic Resources

  EntreCulturas incorporates a broad range of authentic materials that immerse learners in real-world cultural contexts, including print, audio, video, and images. These resources enhance students' understanding of cultural products, practices, and perspectives.

• Backward Design Approach

  The series uses a backward design approach, beginning with clear essential questions and learning objectives that align with target proficiency levels and AP^® themes. This ensures that activities and assessments are strategically designed to guide learners through their journey from formative to summative assessments.

• Can-Do Statements and Integrated Performance Assessments

  Assignable Can-Do statements in each unit of EntreCulturas show learners a direct connection between tasks and what they are aiming to be able to do in Spanish. Learners can upload completed Can-Do assignments to their student portfolios to show growth, and when it is time to evaluate their learning, students can complete performance-based formative and summative assessments.

• Summative Integrated Performance Assessments

  An Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) is a final project that evaluates students' language proficiency. At the end of each unit, students complete a summative IPA that assesses their skills in the context of a personalized cultural scenario.

• Video Blogs by Native Speakers

  Each unit is introduced by young native Spanish speakers in engaging video blogs. These videos provide authentic insights into language and culture to reinforce important themes and topics covered in the unit.
  

• Correlated CI/ADI Readers

  Wayside has a library of over 70 Spanish CI/ADI readers, all correlated with EntreCulturas, designed to accommodate various proficiency levels and students’ interests.

• Intercultural Communicative Competencies

  EntreCulturas emphasizes the development of intercultural understanding alongside language skills. Each unit includes reflection prompts and activities that encourage learners to explore and appreciate cultural richness within Spanish-speaking communities.
  

• Nualang Integration

  Nualang, an interactive platform, is seamlessly integrated throughout the series to help students practice listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills. Instant feedback from "Nualas" further supports effective language learning.