What’s New
New Vlog El canal de Lucas
Each chapter begins with an episode from El canal de Lucas, a brand-new, fully integrated video program. The vlog features Lucas, a content creator and aspiring influencer. Lucas is joined by his two friends, Alberto and Elena, who help him create his “how-to” video tutorials, personal stories, and much more!
Student Portfolio
The new Student Portfolio is an integrated digital tool that allows students to curate a collection of work showcasing their language learning progress, growth, and achievements over time. These collections illustrate the student’s experience and the products of their learning, becoming meaningful through reflection, which facilitates students' understanding of their learning and what they can do with the language.
New Video Program Vlog: El canal de Lucas
Following the backward design principle, students will find a guiding question at the beginning of each chapter. Our new, fully integrated video program vlog, El canal de Lucas, models how to answer that guiding question while providing compelling content and structured, comprehensible input. The enthusiasm and engaging characters and storytelling in the vlog make the content more relatable and interesting for the students and promote active learning.
New Authentic, Engaging, and Meaningful Real-World Tasks
New to this edition, projects at the end of each chapter prompt students to answer the guiding question, encouraging them to produce new language independently and creatively. Engaging and relatable project themes promote self-expression, personalization, and creativity as they provide practical opportunities to use Spanish in real-world tasks. The accompanying online editable project rubrics make assessment simple for instructors using all course modalities.
Learning Objectives and Can-Do Statements
Located throughout the chapters, new, clearly stated Learning Objectives and Can-Do Statements ensure a transparent and effective learning process. Students can check their understanding, remind themselves which goals they achieved, and identify any areas where they may need further review and practice.
New Visual Design
Students practice Spanish through a carefully designed pedagogical sequence, moving from meaningful input-based activities through guided output activities, and finally onto open-ended creative production. The new, highly visual design of Experiencias, with its colorful graphics and clear organization, makes learning and teaching uncomplicated and effective.
New Assignable Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs)
New assignable IPAs use authentic cultural content along with new editable rubric grading and video upload. These assessments measure student progress toward proficiency in the three modes of communication: Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational.
Digital Innovation
Experiencias Beginning deepens and enhances the student learning experience with its progression of interactive instructional activities and groundbreaking language learning technology available in the Supersite.
- New Partner and Group Chats give students the opportunity to speak outside the classroom and offer the opportunity for instructors to offer multimodality courses fully online.
- New podcasts, connected thematically with the chapter, review the vocabulary and grammar through multi-stepped activities.
- New mini online review modules provide students with additional support at the beginning of each semester through review of vocabulary and grammar with new practice activities.
These unique digital tools are designed to keep students engaged and motivated every step of the way, while offering instructors new ways to expand their course offering.
