6-12 Blended Spanish Language Solution

¡Qué chévere!

Go beyond words.

Ve más allá de las palabras.

CLEAR Languages™

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Grades 6–12
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Overview

What to expect with ¡Qué chévere!

¡Qué chévere! is a 4-level Spanish language solution for grades 6-12 that immerses learners in culture, community, and communication–how Spanish is authentically experienced.

With a student-centered approach to learning, the ¡Qué chévere! Spanish textbooks and digital resources empower your students to become proficient and confident Spanish speakers.

At the same time, ¡Qué chévere! helps educators grow their capacity and craft through a wealth of resources and meaningful instructional strategies.

 

Take your students on a Spanish-learning journey that extends beyond words with our blended core Spanish curriculum.

Cover of the ¡Qué chévere! Spanish program overview brochure. Features a vibrant cityscape with colorful architecture and geometric shapes, including a globe and microphone icon. Text reads Ve más allá de las palabras and 4-Level Spanish Program.

Take a closer look at ¡Qué chévere! in our program overview brochure.

 
Highlights

What makes ¡Qué chévere! unique?

¡Qué chévere! is more than just a Spanish textbook. It’s a dynamic and interactive language-learning experience.

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    Experience first, formalize later
    Students experience authentic Spanish within its cultural contexts.
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    The most continuously updated cultural content
    Spanish comes alive with iCulture.
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    Future-forward teaching and learning
    Cutting-edge tools and pedagogy propel students and teachers forward.
Icon of an open book overlayed over a globe icon
Experience first, formalize later
A laptop screen displays a webpage with a scenic image and text. Overlayed are two cards: one depicts a person painting labeled Picasso Poema, while the other shows Steven sitting on a bed, labeled El Salvador and My Language Town—capturing moments from the ¡Qué chévere! Spanish textbook.

Your students will prepare for real-world communication by experiencing Spanish within its cultural contexts and then formalizing their learning. Every unit begins with student-centered goals and culturally relevant videos, so students are immersed in meaningful learning from day one.
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The most continuously updated cultural content
A tablet showcasing the iCulture program from ¡Qué chévere! displays a cultural exploration website. Encircling it are five thumbnail images labeled i-Videos, i-News, i-Passport, i-Songs, and i-Video, featuring animals, a church, and people playing instruments.

¡Qué chévere! brings Spanish to life with iCulture—the most continually updated library of curated, authentic language materials. iCulture offers new articles every week and new videos and songs every month, many of which are embedded directly in each lesson.
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Future-forward teaching and learning
A student wearing a yellow shirt sits at a desk using an Apple computer with ClearTalk, an AI-powered speaking tool. The screen shows an individual in a pink shirt against a city backdrop. The desk is adorned with stationery, a plant, and has the light of a window nearby.
Our AI-powered ClearTalk™ provides students with practice opportunities with a simulated conversation partner, preparing them for real-world conversations. ClearTalk uses speech recognition technology to provide students with immediate feedback and save teachers valuable grading time.

The Clear Learning Center, our online learning environment, offers interactive, sequenced content and expert guidance right at your fingertips.

From supporting performance-to-proficiency targets to explicit grammar practice, there’s something to meet every style of teaching and learning.
 
Materials

Student experience and materials

Watch your students’ Spanish proficiency flourish as they engage with the language and culture.

A laptop showcases the iCulture section of the ¡Qué chévere! Spanish curriculum. On the left, an educational page about Mexico City's rich culture unfolds, while on the right, a video provides an aerial view of a river and its surrounding landscape. Three colorful pages from the ¡Qué chévere! Spanish textbook feature engaging exercises, including conversation prompts, comic strips, and cultural insights on Hispanic influence and art in Oaxaca. Text boxes with questions are strategically placed throughout the pages.
Dynamic digital experience

  • Interactive digital texts: Support interactive learning with the digitally accessible Student Edition and its embedded media and auto-graded activities and corresponding Workbook.

  • Student activity resources: Keep students engaged with the Listening Activities Workbook, Grammar & Vocabulary Workbook, Authentic Resources Workbook, and Pre-AP Reading, Listening and Speaking Workbooks.

  • Digital resources: Support vocabulary acquisition with Vocabulary in Context videos and eVisuals.

  • Destinations Library: Bring culture to life with iCulture, ClearTalk™, My Language Town™, eReaders, and Performance Activities.

 Print materials
  • Student Edition: Guide in-classroom and independent student work with the print edition.
  • Student Workbook: Reinforce vocabulary, grammar, and cultural information with activities.
 

Teacher experience and materials

Educator materials save you time, grow your confidence, and suit your preferred teaching method.

Four teachers sit around a table with laptops, smiling and discussing. Two cards above them display Proficiency Rubric and Differentiation: Professional Learning Video 16 alongside the ¡Qué chévere! Spanish textbook with icons indicating resources on a digital platform. A textbook titled ¡Qué chévere! 1, inspired by the vibrant designs of a Spanish textbook, features colorful architectural imagery. Inside, it explores teaching methods, resources, and vocabulary with a focus on engagement.
Dynamic teacher resources and tools
  • Interactive digital text: Easily access the Annotated Teacher’s Edition with links to embedded media and textbook activities.
  • Teaching Moves: Use targeted strategies and on-the-spot guidance that support proficiency-based instruction.
  • Keys to Proficiency: Gain clear insight into your students’ language proficiency and discover the best steps for advancement with a well-defined roadmap.
  • Differentiated Learning: Get suggestions for enrichment, scaffolding, and adaptation.
  • Recommended Activities: Streamline your planning with engaging activities to enhance communication skills and foster intercultural competence.
  • Professional Learning Video Library: Elevate your teaching skillset with professional learning videos about goal setting, backward planning, differentiation, and more!
 Print materials
  • Annotated Teacher’s Edition: Reach your instructional goals with the printed edition that aligns with World-Readiness Standards, facilitates proficiency-based instruction, and provides differentiation strategies.
 
Testimonials

Don’t just take it from us

What do ¡Qué chévere! users say?

“By far, this is probably the best textbook series, and I've taught out of three different sets." 

 

-Chad Smith,
Spanish teacher,
Columbus City Schools, OH

 

-Carla Whitehead,
Spanish Teacher and Department Head,
Tempe Union High School District, AZ

“For world language teachers, we're used to having to create all of our own resources. So having that in a one-stop shop where we can just go and pick—it's a definite time saver.”

 

—Elizabeth Blosser,
Spanish teacher,
Columbus City Schools, OH

Dive into the Columbus City Schools case study

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