Pasaporte: Beginning Spanish 1e is a student-focused course, easy to use by both the experienced and the novice teacher, based on an integrated approach that incorporates language, culture, and technology, including the following:
* A culturally and communicatively based media-rich text
* Strong cultural content to develop students' cultural awareness and a deeper understanding of themselves and the target cultures
* Grammatical exercises that build a solid foundation for authentic, culturally-driven communicative activities
* A technology focus that motivates a generation of visual and auditory learners
* Discussion of mature, thought-provoking political and social issues that are relevant to students' lives in order to engage them as learners and thinkers, captivate their imagination, develop their critical thinking skills, and provide real-world purposes for meaningful language production