Mosaicos
Spanish as a World Language
Pearson (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 20. April 2011
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-13-500153-0 (ISBN)
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Description
The 5th 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.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1211 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-500153-0 (9780135001530)
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Mosaicos
Spanish as a World Language
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04/2005
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Persons
Elizabeth E. Guzman is the Director of the Elementary and Intermediate Spanish Language Program at the University of Iowa. Previously, she served as Language Coordinator at St. John's University/College of St. Benedict, Director of the Spanish Program at Yale University, and Coordinator and Co-Director of the Elementary and Intermediate Language Program at The University of Michigan. In her native Chile, she supervised instructors of English as a Foreign Language. Ms. Guzman received her B.A in English from Universidad de Santiago (Chile) and her M.A. in English as a Second Language from West Virginia University, and then pursued doctoral studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a co-author of Prentice-Hall's Identidades and several earlier editions of Mosaicos.
Paloma Lapuerta holds the title ofProfessor of Spanish at Central Connecticut State University, where she teaches courses in Spanish language, culture, and literature. She has over twenty years of teaching experience at higher institutions around the world, including Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, and the United States, where she has taught at the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, and the Middlebury College Spanish School. She completed her Licenciatura in Spanish Philology at the University of Salamanca, and she holds a Ph.D. in Spanish literature from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She has published numerous articles and a book on Spanish culture and literature. She is a co-author of Identidades, La escritura paso a paso, and earlier editions of Mosaicos, all published by Prentice Hall.
Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro is a professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa, where she teaches courses in second language acquisition, pedagogy, and Spanish language. She is the co-director of FLARE (Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Education), which offers an interdisciplinary doctoral program in Second Language Acquisition, and she was formerly the Director of the Elementary and Intermediate Spanish Language Program. Previously, she taught at Middlebury College and worked as a test development consultant at Educational Testing Service. She received her A.B. in Spanish from Bryn Mawr College, her M.A. from Princeton University and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Foreign Language Education. She has published articles and books on language learning and teaching and has led many workshops for language teachers. She is a co-author of Identidades, published by Prentice Hall.
Paloma Lapuerta holds the title ofProfessor of Spanish at Central Connecticut State University, where she teaches courses in Spanish language, culture, and literature. She has over twenty years of teaching experience at higher institutions around the world, including Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, and the United States, where she has taught at the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, and the Middlebury College Spanish School. She completed her Licenciatura in Spanish Philology at the University of Salamanca, and she holds a Ph.D. in Spanish literature from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She has published numerous articles and a book on Spanish culture and literature. She is a co-author of Identidades, La escritura paso a paso, and earlier editions of Mosaicos, all published by Prentice Hall.
Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro is a professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa, where she teaches courses in second language acquisition, pedagogy, and Spanish language. She is the co-director of FLARE (Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Education), which offers an interdisciplinary doctoral program in Second Language Acquisition, and she was formerly the Director of the Elementary and Intermediate Spanish Language Program. Previously, she taught at Middlebury College and worked as a test development consultant at Educational Testing Service. She received her A.B. in Spanish from Bryn Mawr College, her M.A. from Princeton University and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Foreign Language Education. She has published articles and books on language learning and teaching and has led many workshops for language teachers. She is a co-author of Identidades, published by Prentice Hall.
Content
BRIEF CONTENTS
P Bienvenidos
1 En la universidad
2 Mis amigos y yo
3 El tiempo libre
4 En familia
5 Mi casa es su casa
6 De compras
7 Los deportes
8 Nuestras tradiciones
9 Hay que trabajar
10 !A comer!
11 La salud es lo primero
12 !Buen viaje!
13 Las artes y las letras
14 Los cambios sociales
15 Hacia el futuro
Expansion gramatical
APPENDIX 1 Stress and written accents in Spanish
Word formation in Spanish
APPENDIX 2 Verb Charts
APPENDIX 3 Spanish-English Vocabulary
APPENDIX 4 English-Spanish Vocabulary
INDEX
P Bienvenidos
1 En la universidad
2 Mis amigos y yo
3 El tiempo libre
4 En familia
5 Mi casa es su casa
6 De compras
7 Los deportes
8 Nuestras tradiciones
9 Hay que trabajar
10 !A comer!
11 La salud es lo primero
12 !Buen viaje!
13 Las artes y las letras
14 Los cambios sociales
15 Hacia el futuro
Expansion gramatical
APPENDIX 1 Stress and written accents in Spanish
Word formation in Spanish
APPENDIX 2 Verb Charts
APPENDIX 3 Spanish-English Vocabulary
APPENDIX 4 English-Spanish Vocabulary
INDEX