Each of the six units of Asi es corresponds to an area of the Spanish-speaking world, including Hispanics in the U.S. Culture is not presented as an "add on, " but is thoroughly "woven" in dialogues, exercises, activities, and readings. The cultural Gaceta segments, many of which have corresponding sections on the video, expose students to the diversity of the Hispanic world. Included in these segments are geography, customs, traditions, celebrations, music, and accents and speech patterns, as well as learning about many well-known Hispanic celebrities and how they share their culture.

New program components with this edition, such as an exhilarating new text-specific video, text-specific CD-ROM, text-specific World Wide Web Site, and the new Asi es Teaching Assistant/Adjunct Instructor Tool Box which includes 75 four-color text-specific Overhead Transparencies gives this popular program an even greater flexibility.