Auténtico Spanish Language Learning (2024)

Auténtico is a complete Spanish language program for all levels, Grades 6–12. It will infuse your Spanish language instruction with the rich nuances of Hispanic cultures, history, and peoples. Authentic conversations, music, art, film, customs, texts, and media weave seamlessly throughout the Auténtico print and online curriculum.

Auténtico is fully aligned to the ACTFL World Readiness Standards. Spanish reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, and grammar apply students’ skills and understanding in authentic contexts. Students practice in all three modes of communication—interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational—building confidence and proficiency as they learn. Integrated Performance Assessments and Project-based learning experiences let students demonstrate what they can do with the Spanish language.

Yes—it’s even in the name Auténtico! Interacting with authentic resources in the text and online, students can listen to native speakers, read a Spanish magazine article or blog, and take a virtual field trip around the Spanish-speaking world. Auténtico is immersive and interactive language learning with supported authentic Spanish resources, created by native speakers for native speakers, with real-world contexts relevant to students’ lives.

Auténtico digital courseware on Savvas Realize® includes robust digital tools that give teachers flexibility to use a digital, print, or blended format in their classrooms. All the course content is available online, and teachers can customize the program to rearrange content, upload their own content, add links to online media, and edit resources and assessments. Program-specific resources, flexible agnostic resources, and assessments are available in one location for easy lesson planning and presentation. Click here to sign up for a demo.

During her foreign language career of over forty years, Peggy Palo Boyles has taught elementary, secondary, and university students in both private and public schools. She is currently an independent consultant who provides assistance to schools, districts, universities, state departments of education, and other organizations of foreign language education. Her areas of expertise include curriculum, assessment, cultural instruction, professional development, and program evaluation. She was a member of the ACTFL Performance Guidelines for the K-12 Learners task force and served as a Senior Editor for the project. She also served on the Advisory Committee for the ACTFL Assessment for Performance and Proficiency of Languages (AAPPL). Peggy is a past president of the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Language Education.

Rich Sayers has been involved in world languages education since 1978. He taught Spanish at Niwot High School in Longmont, Colorado, for 18 years, where he taught levels 1 through AP Spanish. While at Niwot High School, Rich served as department chair, district foreign language coordinator, and board member of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers and the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching. In 1991, Rich was selected as one of the Disney Company’s Foreign Language Teacher Honorees for the American Teacher Awards. Rich has served as a world languages consultant for Savvas since 1996.