English grammar for students of spanish 6th edition

Five young filmmakers from different Spanish-speaking countries attend a summer course at LAFI, a program during which the characters document the wealth of Hispanic culture in Los Angeles, as well as the cultural richness and diversity found in their own countries.

The students' course projects appear as authentic cultural vignettes interwoven into each video episode. Providing the guidance students need to express themselves with confidence. Just as language and culture are inseparable in Mosaicos , communication and the guidance provided to foster communication are inseparable as well. Since both the vocabulary and grammar sections provide unique aspects to the guidance included, we will look at each. Almost all the activities provided in the classroom materials are communicative in nature.

Classroom time is devoted to communicative practice. The progression within each activity set moves the student along gradually from comprehension to open-ended expression. This carefully-stepped progression ensures students are guided through the process and not rushed to produce before they are ready.

Vocabulary and grammar where they belong—in communicative and cultural contexts. In addition to presenting language in the context of culture, one of the hallmarks of Mosaicos has always been the presentation of vocabulary and grammar in context through a communicatively rich format.

New vocabulary is presented in contexts that reflect the chapter theme. Vocabulary is chunked into three modules per chapter so students can learn and practice a manageable amount. Language samples, photos, line drawings and realia are used to present new material, rather than word lists and translations. Vocabulary is then consistently recycled in new contexts, within and across the chapters, blending it with new words and structures.

Grammar is presented as a means to effective communication, its grammar sections moving from meaning to form providing an understanding that is both functional and structural. Students are presented with new structures in meaningful contexts through visuals and brief language samples.

The Amplifire Online Dynamic Study Modules are designed to improve learning and long-term retention of vocabulary and grammar via an application based on the latest research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology on how we learn best. Students master critical course concepts within Amplifire resulting in the classroom become livelier and centered on communication.

It helps students better prepare for class, quizzes, and exams resulting in better performance in the course. Online English Grammar Readiness Checks assess students' understanding of grammar topics in English and provide personalized remediation via animated English Grammar Tutorials.

Online Interactive Grammar Tutorials offer narrated explanations and illustrated examples to help students further comprehend the concepts they are learning.

The tutorial ends with a machine-graded comprehension check. These multiple and complementary means of grammar presentation provide students with different portals for understanding, serving different learning styles, ensuring students grasp the concepts.

Enfoque cultural : Each chapter begins with a robust and interesting two-page cultural spread introducing students to the country of the chapter focus, giving students a real sense of the vibrancy and uniqueness of the Hispanic cultures. The cultural presentation has been significantly increased at the beginning of the chapter for two reasons: first, culture is integrated throughout the chapter, but many students lack cultural knowledge of the countries in focus, including their geographic location, and thus benefit from this orientation before delving into the chapter.

Second, leaving the main cultural presentation for the end of the chapter as many programs do makes culture look like an afterthought and separate from the language itself.

Maps provide geographic location and shared borders with surrounding countries along with visuals of some cultural and geographic features. A work of art from the country in focus is provided along with cultural information about the work and is enhanced online with a fully Interactive Art Tour.

At the same time, the tours provide further cultural information. The Interactive Globe located in the Enfoque cultural sections and found in MySpanishLab allows students to further explore the country of focus and the cultural theme of each chapter through videos, art tours, and popular newspapers and magazines. Language is carefully controlled ensuring students can comfortably comprehend the content. Vocabulary and grammar from previous chapters is recycled but no new structures are introduced.

Any new, non-active vocabulary is either a cognate or is glossed. The photographs also provide context with visual clues.

Brief questions on the two chapter-opening cultural pages serve as a classroom warm up and help ensure students are accountable and read for meaning. Mid-way through the chapter between the vocabulary and grammar sections , Mosaico cultural provides a journalistic, thematic, cultural presentation. The focus here is not on a specific country but rather on different cultural aspects of the Hispanic world, including Latinos in the U.

S, which are relevant to the chapter theme. This Mosaico cultural section complements the country-specific focus of Enfoque cultural at the beginning of the chapter. Compara, communicative questions which follow the readings, provide the opportunity for cross-cultural reflection. Cultura: Relevant and interesting cultural information is presented when appropriate as the introduction to an activity. Rather than just a boxed aside, the cultural input through text and photographs forms the first step to doing the activity, making the clear and direct connection between language and culture.

Accompanying Comparaciones, Conexiones or Comunidades questions encourage meaningful communication and cross-cultural reflection. Teacher notes provide additional cultural information relevant to specific activities that the instructor may wish to highlight to further enrich the cultural aspect of activities.

Context: Vocabulary and Grammar where they belong — in communicative and cultural contexts! Learning Outcomes give students a clear idea of their goals for this section.

Audio icons remind students that recorded versions of the language samples are available online or on CD. Strategically placed Lengua boxes provide students with succinct information right at the point of need to support self-expression. En otras palabras boxes give examples of regional variations of the language. Online Vocabulary Tutorials. Guided online vocabulary tutorials offer students opportunities to work through a series of word recognition activities that help them tie words to images.

Each tutorial culminates with a pronunciation activity where students compare their pronunciation to that of a native speaker. Pronunciation Presentation and Practice. Audio is provided for all the language samples within the Funciones y formas sections.

These activities form part of the presentation of grammar in context. Charts and bulleted explanations—clear, concise, and easy to understand—are designed to be studied at home or used for reference in class.

Strategically placed Lengua boxes offer succinct grammatical information when needed to support self-expression. Understanding English grammar terminology will greatly facilitate their learning of the corresponding Spanish concepts. Instructors will not have to lose valuable class time talking about the language…they can use the language instead. Online interactive grammar tutorials offer narrated explanations and illustrated examples to help students further comprehend the concepts they are learning.

Providing students the guidance they need to express themselves with confidence! Since both the vocabulary and grammar sections provide unique aspects to the guidance provided, we will look at each. With Mosaicos, almost all the activities provided in the textbook are communicative in nature.

Escucha y confirma : A listening activity follows the first of the three vocabulary presentations per chapter. This input-based comprehension check gives students listening practice while allowing them to self-assess their understanding of the vocabulary and determine if they are ready to move on to practicing vocabulary in meaningful contexts. Para confirmar: The first activity of the second two vocabulary presentations is always an input-based comprehension check allowing students to ensure their grasp of the vocabulary before moving on to practicing vocabulary in meaningful contexts.

Brief Cultura presentations introduce selected vocabulary activities to raise awareness of the cultural contexts in which language is used. The activity sequence fosters the use of new and previously learned vocabulary in natural, thematically relevant contexts. Activities foster personalization as students are encouraged to talk about what is known to them, themselves, and the people they know and gradually increase in expectation of output as students become comfortable using the new vocabulary.

The vast majority of the activities are paired or group activities so that students spend their classroom time in conversation. Lengua boxes provide linguistic information to support self-expression for specific activities.

A new form-focused activity follows the presentation of grammar. In these quick, form-focused activities students check that they are able to produce the new grammatical forms before moving to the contextualized and communicative activities.

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