ABSTRACT
Broadly speaking, this chapter provides an overview of language program design with respect to the teaching of Spanish as a second or foreign language (L2). Although at first glance the topic may seem a simple one, it is in fact a complex theme with multiple avenues. We focus here on the development of language program design over time as a way to frame our current situation, which we discuss in terms of curriculum and student outcomes. Each of these subtopics merits a more detailed discussion than we can give it here, but we reference them in order to show the interconnectedness of program design. The interested reader is referred to the section on further reading as well as to the other chapters in this volume that discuss these topics in greater detail.
