IMC Texts for Consideration - 25-26 school year

Strengths - integration of real-world texts, media, and perspectives that help students connect language learning to meaningful cultural context

Proficiency-Focused Design: Emphasized communication in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes with clear scaffolding across levels

Student Engagement: Visually appealing and relevant themes that feel age-appropriate for high school students and encourage participation

Support for diverse learners: Built-in differentiation, vocabulary support and multiple entry points for students at varying skill levels (including supplemental/extension materials and alternate assessment for heritage learners)

Teacher-Friendly Structure: Organized, ready-to-use resources, assessments, and clear lesson structures

Flexibility: provides a strong foundation of grammar, culture and vocabulary while allowing for teachers to adapt to student needs

The team has found that all Spanish curricula are packed with too much content to realistically be taught in a single instructional year. A weakness of this curriculum, and others, is that we will have to be selective about what units we cover, and we will not be able to finish an entire textbook in level 1, 2 or 3. Because of this, there will still need to be some supplementation of content designed by the team to make sure that students have exposure to or familiarity with key skills. Another weakness is that some assessments may need to be customized or altered in order to match proficiency targets and current skill level, rather than administered as-is.