PLAZAS: LUGAR DE ENCUENTROS, 5th Edition, is a two- or three-semester introductory Spanish program designed to support and enhance your students’ language learning experience. PLAZAS transports your students to a Spanish-speaking country or region for an authentic and personalized cultural language-learning experience. Culture is embedded into every page of PLAZAS, giving your students an appreciation of different cultural practices and perspectives. Thanks to an exclusive partnership with the National Geographic Society, the fifth edition facilitates multi-modal interactions with cultural information in new and revised sections. The program’s pedagogy continues to be firmly rooted in the research of the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning, or the Five Cs--Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. The new A explorar! section draws upon all five standards in an engaging manner while previewing the content of the lesson.Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.