An innovative and exciting alternative to the standard offerings for conversation courses, REVISTA captures students' interest and sparks lively conversation through its high-intensity graphics and multi-layered content delivered in a colorful magazine-like format. REVISTA is also accompanied by a collection of original short films by contemporary Hispanic filmmakers; closely integrated into the textbook, each film elicits student interaction as it explores an aspect of the corresponding lesson's theme. In addition, the textbook includes succinct grammatical explanations in Spanish of structures key to improving students' communication skills.