What’s unique about the Charo y Lee approach?

• Culture is built into the stories. It is not a side topic.

• Stories are in present tense, but later the characters write about what happened in the past tense. Natural usage of tenses promotes their acquisition.

• The curriculum is written for public high school students, but there are suggestions for other applications such as adult education and private schools.

• The book is filled with numerous ideas on what to say to generate teacher talk: Personalized questions, jokes, anecdotes, historical tidbits, etc.

• There are crazy stories, stories with mild humor and even a few serious stories to give some variety. Teachers can choose what type of story works best for their classes.

• The book includes all tests and quizzes ready to go. Teachers won’t have to spend time creating assessments and can concentrate on teaching.

• Assessments cover all 5 foreign language skill areas and address Bloom’s taxonomy.

• The book has worksheets and homework possibilities for students. Assignments are designed to lead to more exploration of the language and are not busy work.