This exciting new communication-oriented program stresses the importance of culture and open-ended conversation, while offering a review and expansion of language structures appropriate for intermediate students of Spanish. A second-year text, A otro nivel offers thought-provoking activities that naturally elicit spontaneous and meaningful responses and provides students with valuable information about the Spanish-speaking world while helping them reflect on their own culture, mores, and values. Grammar lessons, vocabulary-building exercises, and authentic readings encourage students to think critically about Spanish language, literature, and culture, and to express their opinions through in-depth conversation.