Literature is a gateway to human experience, a wider horizon and a key to other cultures.
To access the literature and wealth of other cultures second language skills including reading and writing are necessary. These skills can be enhanced using our day's technology. The aim of Project Transformations is to develop an interactive multimedia software to teach language skills, including reading and writing in Spanish as a second language. This application includes a graphical interface, text and sound, and is based on a collection of Latin American stories from the oral tradition. Commercially developed software has traditionally targeted a privileged population, who have the means to purchase these applications and who own home computers.