Plazas is based on the premise that true, authentic communication takes place where language and culture meet. In the real world, plazas are about meeting and connecting and are at the very heart of every Spanish-Speaking city. Likewise, Plazas is designed to bring you and your students together to communicate and interact. Invoking the metaphor of the plaza, Plazas intends to be a meeting place, a lugar de encuentro, for the Spanishspeaking world both in and outside of the classroom.