Call or email language textbook distributors like Bowkers or Prentice Hall (see Resources.) Ask to have a catalog sent to you. Review the different textbooks and their focal points. Select possible options that help you meet your learning objectives and are appropriate for the language level and age of the students.
Analyze textbooks that address real life situations and offer Spanish vocabulary and phrases for real situations. Ask other teachers or language institute directors for textbook recommendations.
Look for text book options that offer audio, video and visual language learning in the lessons, providing you have the necessary equipment available. A good language learning textbook will have speaking and listening activities, which offer students usage practice of new vocabulary and grammar structures.
Narrow your choice down to three to five options and ask the book distributor to send you a sample of the textbook.
Study the textbooks thoroughly and ask other language teachers on staff for their opinion of the books you have chosen. Call the textbook distributor and ask to speak to the local agent. Make an appointment and talk to the agent about the books you have chosen. Ask for his opinion. The agent is extremely knowledgeable about the textbooks and can tell you which are the most popular and why they work.
Choose the Spanish textbook you want and order then number of textbooks you need. Expect the order to be filled and mailed within 30 days.