Encuentros - the successful textbook for Spanish as a third foreign language

Flexible concept with extensive service offerings

Student book also available as teacher's edition

Numerous differentiation and partner tasks in each volume

From volume 2: reading module with authentic texts and tasks for text analysis

The final volume Paso al bachillerato is designed as a transition between intermediate and advanced levels:

Review/consolidation (grammar, vocabulary, skills, strategies)

Text analysis

Four thematic areas (Argentina, Conquest, Andalusia, Globalization) with corresponding thematic vocabulary

Build, differentiate, and evaluate competencies

Punto final: a complex learning task at the end of each lesson

Specification of communicative learning objectives before each text

A methodological focus in each lesson

The Resumen for reference and testing: tasks with solutions in the appendix

Two Balances

for competence-oriented assessment of learning progress

Repaso: optional exercises on grammar and vocabulary

Encuentros multimedia

DVD with film sequences - thematically and linguistically aligned with the book. Copy templates for using the DVD in lessons included in the teacher’s guide.

Interactive board images for projector and whiteboard

Caja útil with annual planner, school curriculum, evaluation sheets. Includes a tool for creating worksheets (crossword puzzles, cloze texts, etc.) and the ability to test all texts on vocabulary progression from Encuentros.

Accompanying materials for students

Competency training in the Cuadernos:

- Role cards and tandem sheets for oral expression, audio CD for listening comprehension.

- From volume 2, systematic training in mediation and written expression (Taller de mediación, de escritura).

- The Cuaderno for Paso al bachillerato with an extensive chapter for systematic review of grammar and vocabulary.

Grammar booklet

Exam trainer with audio CD