The Student Book comes in print, in eBook digital format, and with access to the digital extension and resources on ELEteca. Each level of Identidades en español provides nine 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:
- Presentation of the unit context
- Activation of students’ prior knowledge and experiences
- Vocabulary acquisition presentation and activities
- Grammar presentation and activities
- Four-skill communication-centered task-based activity sequence
- Cultural presentation and activities
- Hostal Babel video series with pre-, during-, and post-activities connecting media and unit content
- 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.