Mosaicos : Spanish As A World Language-brief - 4th edition

Summary: 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 p ...show moreractice. Strategies as well as practice opportunities are provided for listening, speaking, reading and writing, and cultural understanding is developed along with those communication skills. A flexible set of supplemental materials including electronic versions of the Workbook and Lab Manual, a Student Video CD-ROM and Student Audio CD, allow students to learn and practice on their own, outside of class. Media, including Entrevistas, a new video featuring interviews with native speakers of Spanish and Notas, a new text feature that includes songs from across the Spanish-speaking world and accompanying activities, enhance the communicative goals of the course.

Features

• A visual, thematic presentation of vocabulary in a communicative context.
  • Provides a richly contextualized, culturally authentic framework for learning and practicing new language using a wide variety of images and language samples.
• A functional grammatical syllabus--Geared to the communicative needs of beginning students. Grammar is integrated into the chapter presentation and is supported with guided communicative activities.
  • Teaches students to communicate effectively and accurately, and encourages personalized exchanges.
• Guided communicative/interactive pair and group activities--Students use newly-acquired and previously-learned words, expressions, and structures in a variety of contexts.
  • Enables students to comfortably gain and use vocabulary and grammar in communication.
• Listening activities that simulate authentic spoken discourse.
  • Develops students' ability to understand spoken Spanish in a variety of contexts and situations between two or more speakers.
• A wide variety of high-interest, authentic Spanish texts.
  • Drawn from a variety of sources, both literary and journalistic. Reading is taught as a process with pre-, during-, and post-reading activities.
• Step-by-step writing assignments consistently accompanied by writing strategies--Ask students to consider various steps in the writing process in order for their writing to be effective as well as easier to execute.
  • Writing tasks relate to each chapter theme allow students to draw on their own perspectives and experiences in their writing.
• Integration of culture and language.
  • Includes a highly visual Enfoque cultural section that offers students thought-provoking exposure to cultural topics and countries of the Hispanic world.
• Thoughtful use of media to enhance the communicative goals of the course.
  • Integrated video and music content accompanied by activities and pedagogical support provide students with dynamic, interesting material from which to learn the target grammar and vocabulary.
• A flexible set of supplemental materials.
  • Allows students to learn and practice on their own, outside of class.

Edition/Copyright: 4TH 06
Cover: Hardback
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Published: 03/16/2005

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Bienvenidos.

1. Los estudiantes y la universidad.

2. Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos.

3. Las actividades y los planes.

4. La familia.

5. La casa y los muebles.

6. La ropa y las tiendas.

7. El tiempo y los deportes.

8. Fiestas y tradiciones.

9. El trabajo.

10. La comida y la nutrición.

11. La salud y los médicos.

12. Las vacaciones y los viajes.

Expansión gramatical.