El curso cuenta con cuatro niveles que siguen las recomendaciones del Marco común europeo de referencia para las lenguas (MCER) y su sílabo se ha elaborado a partir del Plan curricular del Instituto Cervantes.

The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR, or MCER in Spanish) is a European standard for measuring the level of comprehension and oral and written expression of a given language.

The Plan curricular del Instituto Cervantes develops and determines the Spanish proficiency level descriptors according to the recommendations found in the European Framework (CEFR).

Components

  • Frecuencias Student book plus 1 year Online ccess (Std. book + ELEteca + Std. ebook)
  • Frecuencias Student 1 year Digital access code (Std. Ebook + ELEteca)
  • Frecuencias Student Print workbook + audio activities
  • Frecuencias Teacher Print Edition plus 3 years Online access (AIE Book + ELEteca + Std. eBook + AIE eBook)

Student Book

The Student Book comes in print, in eBook digital format, and with access to the digital extension and resources on ELEteca. Each level of Frecuencias provides ten instructional units of eight sections each. Each of the eight sections consists of a two-page spread through which students receive multi-modal instruction, corpus-informed practice activities, and a culminating application task. Each of the eight sections has a specific objective:
  1. Presentation of the unit context
  2. Activation of students’ prior knowledge and experiences
  3. Vocabulary acquisition presentation and activities
  4. Grammar presentation and activities
  5. Four-skill communication-centered task-based activity sequence
  6. Cultural presentation and activities
  7. Hostal Babel video series with pre-, during-, and post-activities connecting media and unit content
  8. Student reflection and assessment

The Student Book also has a Pronunciation and Orthography Appendix with ten sections of presentations and activities that can be used to support communication skill development.

Level 1

Download the Table of Contents

Level 2

Download the Table of Contents

Workbook

The Workbook provides motivating, self-directed activities to practice and reinforce content presented in the Student Book. The Workbook also includes verb charts, a grammatical appendix, and transcriptions.

Instructor’s Manual

This rich recourse guide provides all you need to easily and effectively use the program:

  • Suggestions for best practices in instruction, and ideas for additional and alternative activities
  • Visuals for digital projections and virtual whiteboards
  • An appendix with activities that illustrate the use of the Corpus of the RAE
  • Answer keys and audio and video transcripts for the Student Book

Extra resources on ELEteca

El curso se acompaña de una gran cantidad de recursos digitales que permiten adaptar Frecuencias a cualquier contexto de aprendizaje (clases en línea y presenciales).

The ELEteca site for Frecuencias provides a motivating online environment with activities for students to practice the unit content, access to all audio-visual components, and a wide variety of resources and support for both instructors and students.

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