This text emphasizes communicative proficiency. It stresses the use of activities in a natural and spontaneous classroom atmosphere. The development of the receptive skills - listening and reading - precede and form the basis for the development of the productive skills - speaking and writing. The text is designed so that class time is devoted to exposing the student to Spanish through the activities it contains. Chapters are built around topics for conversation, and the oral activities and readings form the core of each chapter.