¡Buen viaje! Level 1, Student Edition (Glencoe Spanish),   ISBN:9780078791383

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I am a native speaker. I have a degree in linguistics. I have taught French, English and Spanish. I have been teaching Spanish in high school for the last 4 years. Unfortunately, I've had the "pleasure" of working with this book.

My biggest problem with this book is that the authors assume students will learn the way they did. They rely heavily on deductive learning, which is a critical thinking skill not present in the majority of students. Kids are presented with a lot of information and then, they are supposed to answer questions. How if they didn't even have an idea of what is going on? Many of the exercises don't have a clear purpose, as demonstrated by the following -and I quote from the Teacher's book- "When students are doing the activities, accept any answer that makes sense. The purpose is to have students use the new vocabulary, not to recall facts" This makes my students really anxious because they don't know what's expected from them. Gifted students find the exercises boring and unproductive. It isn't until the end of the chapter that vocabulary and grammar are explained. Why not explain and demonstrate from the beginning?

I also dislike how it devotes too much time on one subject (school- a total of 4 chapters!) but other topics of more relevance (like ordering food at a restaurant) have only one brief chapter cut in half and that is reintroduced later.

The book is organized more by grammatical topics rather than vocabulary. In my experience, the most effective way for students to learn and remember information is learning in a communicative approach.

The only salvageable part is the cultural readings. But paying $85 for a book that has just a few interesting cultural readings/activities is not worth it. I wish I could recommend books but I haven't had the chance to work with any others. I mostly supplement my classes with my own materials or some found on the internet.

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I liked to do business with Amazon because all the items were delivered on time. I will do it again and again. Thank you.

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I ordered on the 12 they said the book shipped on the 13 or 14---it did not ship until the 2oth.

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I ordered this crappy book for my spanish class (im a student) and not only is it boring and confusing but it came to me in the worst condition you could ever imagine. It was TRASHED. But worst of all it came to me with drawings of penises and female nudity and almost any vulgar image you could imagine on almost EVERY PAGE!!! Now I have to explain to everyone when they see senior lopez on page 50 with a **** in his mouth that it came to me that way! DO. NOT. ORDER. USED.

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The odering process was easy and came in a timely fashion. I am very satisfied