Product Description

Mosaicos’ common-sense, communicative approach addresses the realities of the Elementary Spanish classroom—where students come to class with questions about grammar or feel anxious about communicating in a second language—by presenting grammar as well as vocabulary in a communicative context within the main body of each chapter and by offering carefully sequenced sets of activities that build student confidence and provide abundant opportunities for communicative practice.  Strategies as well as practice opportunities are provided for listening, speaking, reading and writing, and cultural understanding is developed along with those communication skills.  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #500365 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-26
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 648 pages

Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish

From the Publisher
Mosaicos transforms the Spanish classroom into a dynamic forum for linguistic and cultural interchange. Its streamlined grammatical syllabus provides students with an understanding of the basics of the language in a concise, graphically clear format.

From the Back Cover

Welcome to the third edition of Mosaicas! With this Elementary Spanish program, the beginning classroom becomes a setting for true communication and cultural exchange. Its highly interactive approach combines the best elements of language instruction. The Mosaicos program is built on the foundation of interaction, communication, and culture. Its functional grammatical syllabus provides students with an understanding of the basics of the language in a clear and concise format. There are ample opportunities for practice in engaging activities that often use the student's own point of view as a point of departure, personalizing the language learning experience.

The Mosaicas program offers a full range of components, including its exciting, new interactive multimedia program.Also new to this edition are electronic versions of the Lab Manual and Workbook that allow students to take advantage of these important tools using the power of the Internet. Elements of the Mosaicos technology program are also available in the most widely used course management programs available today, including WebCT™, Blackboard™, and CourseCompass.

Customer Reviews

Ok, but not great
I actually ordered the wrong edition of the manual, but that's not why I didn't give it a great rating. I'm using the Mosaicos textbooks for a basic Spanish class, and I don't like the way they're set up. They teach phrases before grammar and put all the vocabulary at the end of the chapters instead of the beginning. Coming out of years of Latin where we learned the fundamentals first, I've had a hard time adjusting. Frankly I don't think I'm learning as well on this new set up.

Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language
Mosaicos is a complete and well-written language program. The material in the textbook is presented logically and in a practical manner. Additionally, the workbook, audiocassettes, and lab manual reinforce the textbook lessons while improving interpretation skills. The benefits of having various, native Spanish speakers on the lab cassettes are immeasurable. I found this package set to be not only effective but also enjoyable.

Spanish language textbook
Written conversations with lots of grammar not beginning with subjunctive.
Standard vocabulary, no need for dictionary over ten thousand words.
American English in directions, vocabulary meanings, and choice of 15 topics.
Teacher's guide is helpful for providing motivations and explaining why the author wrote a direction.
No CD enclosed or purchased, but who needs it really?