Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language (6th Edition) - Standalone book

by Matilde Olivella de Castells, Elizabeth E. Guzmán, Paloma E. Lapuerta

It’s time to talk! … and have a cultured conversation. Providing the truly communicative, deeply culture-focused approach instructors believe in along with the guidance and tools students need to be successful using a program with highly communicative goals—with Mosaicos, there is no need to compromise. Recognizing the primacy of the relationship between culture and language, the new Sixth Edition of Mosaicos places culture up front and center, and everywhere in-between!

Genres: Academic, Nonfiction, Language

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Lauren]

Let me start by saying I have “ a special version written for my school”. This book is supposed to be Spanish 1. It has complicated sentences or advanced words for a level one text book. I’m not just saying that because language is hard I had someone who teaches Spanish look at the book. The structure is confusing it doesn’t match up with the my lab quizzes. The teacher has to supplement a lot. Even after admitting that she knows there’s a steep learning curve just accepts that people aren’t doing well because of the text keeps using it. Honestly it dosnt explain how to do stuff well . There is text all over the place in boxes off to the side , the layout sucks.

[Monica]

This had to be supplemented A LOT by our professor. I'm not sure that I actually enjoyed the book, or that the narratives they chose to teach us made much sense in our lives. I guess I would hope for my travelogues or exciting stories. You know what would be great at teaching Spanish? A soap opera that keeps us hooked. The towel goes WHERE?! We'd definitely pay better attention.

[Benjamin Plume]

Too bad I didn't really want to learn Spanish when I took the class. Now I do.