In this article, of interest to instructors and program administrators in higher education, serves to argue for and illustrate, in rather general terms, how the National Standards can be employed to construct Standards-based and -driven materials and learning for beginning Spanish learners at the college/university level. The article provides a broad overview of the National Standards, a rationale for using the Standards at this educational level as well as some sample elements to look for in instruction to provide a "balanced coverage" of the Five Cs.#All5Cs #ClassroomExamples #Principalfocus #Curriculum #Postsecondary #Teachers and teaching #Spanish #JournalArticle #Teachers and teaching