Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, 5th Edition

by Matilde Olivella de Castells, Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro, Paloma E. Lapuerta

The 5 th edition of Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language provides a fresh, 2lst-century perspective on language teaching and learning in the context of a dynamic introduction to the Hispanic world and its people. Rich contextualization of vocabulary combined with contextualized, functional grammatical instruction gives students an authentic, communicative introduction to the Spanish language. Deeply integrated culture and detailed listening, speaking, reading and writing practice bring all the pieces together for today’s students.

Genres: Academic, Nonfiction, Language

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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