French series
EntreCultures
2nd Edition ©2026
Wayside Publishing is excited to announce the upcoming release of EntreCultures® 2nd Edition, the only truly proficiency-based French language program. Designed by experienced French educators and professional native speakers, this four-level series teaches through the lens of interculturality, offering an unparalleled approach to language learning that’s unlike anything else.

Empower Students for Life Beyond the Classroom
Built around the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, this series immerses students in francophone cultures to foster cultural understanding and help them use the language confidently in everyday contexts.

By engaging with authentic resources and observing the lives of native-speaking teens, students learn to communicate effectively in real-world situations. Differentiated assessments ensure that learners are appropriately challenged according to their skill levels, keeping them supported and motivated throughout their journey.

Enhance Language Learning with Innovative Tools
With Learning Site®, students can engage with interactive online materials. Additionally, Can-Do Statements and Integrated Performance Assessments in the Student Portfolio enable progress tracking throughout the curriculum’s backward design.

Learners can further reinforce their skills with Nualang™, Wayside’s innovative platform that offers a fun and safe space for interactive conversation practice, helping students build confidence.

Streamline Instruction
Teachers have access to a wealth of resources, including lesson plans, assessment features with rubrics and answer keys, and audio and video transcripts. Instructional strategies and activity standards are available at point of use, while teacher notes provide valuable insights such as cultural context, cross-disciplinary connections, and strategies for AP® and IB programs. Activities are easy to assign, and differentiated formative assessments enable educators to customize instruction to better meet the needs of all students.

Explore EntreCultures 2nd Edition and see how it sets the standard for culturally immersive language learning.

EntreCultures 2nd Edition, Level 1

Coming Soon:
• EntreCultures 2nd Edition, Level 1A & 1B
• EntreCultures 2nd Edition, Level 2
• EntreCultures 2nd Edition, Level 3
• EntreCultures 2nd Edition, Level 4

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EntreCultures 1A & 1B for Middle School ©2025

Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures

Novice Low — Novice High
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EntreCultures 1 ©2026

Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures

Novice Low — Novice High
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EntreCultures 1 ©2025

Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures

Novice Low — Novice High
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EntreCultures 2 ©2025

Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures

Novice High — Intermediate Low
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EntreCultures 3 ©2025

Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures

Intermediate Low — Intermediate Mid
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EntreCultures 4 ©2025

Communicate, Explore, and Connect Across Cultures

Intermediate Mid — Intermediate High
"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,

"Historically, I have never really been a textbook following language teacher - but wow, Wayside Publishing's EntreCultures blew me away this week when I reviewed it for school adoption this fall! Bravo!"

Jeannie Starman

French Teacher, NC

"With units built around rich cultural topics and compelling essential questions, EntreCulturas and EntreCultures are the perfect fit for our IB Middle Years Programme. We love the focus on the development of both language and cultural proficiency and the wide range of communicative learning activities that work as well in middle school as they do for high school learners."

Molly Wieland

K-12 World Language and Immersion Coordinator, Hopkins, MN

With units built around rich cultural topics and compelling essential questions, EntreCulturas and EntreCultures are the perfect fit for our IB Middle Years Programme. We love the focus on development of both language and cultural proficiency and the wide range of communicative learning activities that work as well in middle school as they do for high school learners.

Molly Wieland

K-12 WORLD LANGUAGE AND IMMERSION COORDINATOR, HOPKINS MN

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