This premium black matte Spanish Language Learning Planner includes: Size: 6"x9" Pages, Calendar, Numbers, Days of the week and Months section for you to fill in in Spanish, New daily words planner to note down new worlds learned each day, New daily phrases planner to note down any new phrases learned each day, Notes sections on each page. This journal is to be used in conjunction with all of the other ways in which you are learning to speak a new language, such as in class, via YouTube, the internet and text books.
I like the videos too. The videos open with nice places or buildings in some Spanish-speaking countries, it would be nice to know where the videos were taken.
Libro Libre introduces some cultural topics in Spanish at the beginning of the chapters with no pre-activities or questions to read and understand. I would have loved to see more cultural themes in the book. In my experience teaching Spanish one of the important points that students like is the cultural topics.
The Spanish-speaking countries have many cultural elements that can be used to attract and inspire students to continue studying the language. Libro Libre has some cultural elements in the "lectura cultural" and also some activities have cultural elements, however I believe there are so many cultural topics that could have been presented in the book to inspire students and also to practice and improve their reading and writing skills.
I could not find in the book relations between the Spanish language and the United States. Libro Libre is a great effort to try to do something different. It is a good alternative in a world where the books are becoming so expensive and are affecting our students. In my opinion Libro Libre is a good material for the students and the instructors because it covers the main grammar points and vocabulary that is needed to start learning the language.
It also have good activities to practice the language. This book is not perfect, but I believe there is no perfect book.
This book can be adapted or modified by instructors according the student or instructor needs. Also it can be supplemented with other materials. Libro Libre is a frankly complete book for beginning Spanish students. It begins with basic notions such as expressing time or vocabulary of food, going through the conjugation of the present and past, and ends with some notions of the It begins with basic notions such as expressing time or vocabulary of food, going through the conjugation of the present and past, and ends with some notions of the subjunctive.
Each unit includes objectives and different activities and always with a Spanish-English vocabulary table. The book includes a verb table and different links to go deeper. As for cultural notions, it covers all the aspects that a beginner needs to obtain a fluid communication. The teacher and the student can choose between a series of different activities, almost all of them communicative, which make it possible for the book to be used by different audiences.
Libro Libre does not present any accuracy problem, on the contrary I think it can be used from beginners to intermediate level students. The materials presented are suitable for these levels as well as the objectives presented in each chapter. I have observed that the authors have an important knowledge about the Hispanic world. The book is not only accurate, it's very effective. Libro Libre is an updated text which can be seen both in the way of presenting each chapter with the objectives in the form of I can, or the different types of activities in the form of tasks.
It includes current topics such as the inclusion of the third person pronoun elle to include transgender and non-binary pronouns. The cultural elements are updated with dialect variations and current photos. The text is presented clearly for students and teachers in the formulation of the grammar suitable for beginners without making an extraordinary use of language jargon, but introducing some concepts necessary to understand the notions presented.
The presentation of the activities is clear so that even the students can use the book independently. Each chapter is formulated in the same way. First with some objectives and a brief cultural reading followed by the presentation of the new grammatical and lexical concepts.
It always ends with a personal reflection on what has been studied that leads to the new chapter. As I mentioned earlier this book can be used at different levels. I see it easy to assign only a few chapters or even different concepts. The index with the page number makes the search easy. This also allows that if for some reason some of the activities are not to the liking of the student or the teacher, they can be skipped without any learning problem. Libro Libre is well organized.
The chapters are structured in the same way and the use of Spanish has a great balance with the use of English, which appears mainly in the instructions for the activities and in the grammatical explanations. It allows the online or offline use of downloaded in pdf form. The links are intuitive and lead to easily navigable YouTube videos or audios. The only downside is that some activity responses that need a QR code would need another device in order to get it, not just with a click.
I detect different typos on the book, always when is Spanish. Many of them are about capitalization. Objectivos, should be objetivos. This typo occurs in every chapter las repuestas, pg. I believe that the book covers different cultural aspects of the Hispanic world that allow the student to have a vision and explore those that are of their greatest interest. The text includes aspects of daily life, the use of names, pronouns, food, history, etc. I loved the book, if I could choose to teach with it definitely I would.
Not only can the book compete with others of a high price, but it is just as attractive being free. It is definitely a treasure that must be shown to all who teach and learn Spanish. I really enjoyed going through the whole book "Libro Libre". It is a very complete book for beginners. It is an accessible book for the students because it has clear and colorful illustrations, basic vocabulary using a good number of cognates It is an accessible book for the students because it has clear and colorful illustrations, basic vocabulary using a good number of cognates and also basic sentences which helps students to improve their pace.
Besides, the author includes some translation whenever it is considered necessary. The way the author organizes the book is just perfect for the students to reflect on the objectives and goals that they need to reach in each chapter. At the end of each chapter not only there is a space to review the vocabulary studied in the chapter, but also there is a place for the students to reflect about the vocabulary that they have gained.
I like the fact that the book has a good variety of easy and well illustrated cultural readings. The grammar portions are very well explained and there are plenty of activities for the students to practice. I also like the audio and video pieces that the student can use for extra practice. In general, there is a good balance of the language skills and the cultural component of the language.
Libro Libre is accurate and effective for the level of Spanish that has been designed. The content of the book is well organized and it has a logical sequence of themes.
The content of the book is relevant. The cultural portions that the author uses , the grammar, examples, and activities won't age too fast. Later it might need few updates in the usage of vocabulary just in case if some of the terminology doesn't apply to all the Spanish speaking countries or people stop using some words.
As a native speaker for example, I wouldn't have understood the phrase el quequito, if I wouldn't have seen the picture of the cupcake, because maybe in one country they say "el quequito", but not in several Spanish speaking countries. Besides, It would be nice to have a workbook, even though the book has a good amount of activities per chapter. If the teacher decides to work on those activities in class, there wouldn't be enough activities for the students to practice at home. In general Libro libre has a clear sequence of themes and grammatical structures.
The explanation of the grammar and activities is precise. I only found one error on the instruction on page Activity 23 where the activity is about stem changing verbs and the author asks to conjugate reflexive verbs, then I found that reflexive verbs are on page The book Libro Libre is very consistent in the use of cultural readings, objectives, the grammar explanation and activities. I noticed some inconsistency in the use of English and Spanish on the table of contents, some of the themes are in English and some are in Spanish.
The same happens on the chapters tittles, sometimes the author puts them in both languages and at times only in Spanish or only in English. The aspects that I mentioned before are easy to be corrected, the most important fact is that the book is consistent in everything related to content.
The book is divided in ten chapters which are subdivided into cultural reading, objectives, vocabulary, grammar, activities, revision of objectives and vocabulary. This sequence is consistent throughout all the chapters. The only kind of negative aspect is that to get to a chapter, the students will have to scroll down until they get to the chapter or the page that they need. Overall this is an excellent and easy book to understand and to follow.
The book is well structured and very coherent. Each chapter has the same sequence of themes which is perfect because the students can navigate easily through the chapters and through the whole book. The author uses English to give instructions or to translate words that could be difficult to understand, but other than that all the readings and activities are in Spanish.
Libro Libre gives the students the opportunity to download the book and work on it. It has links for video and audio that are easy to handle for anybody. I did not find significant mistakes on the grammar sections of each chapter. There are some details that I consider confusing for the students, for example, on page 73 there are three lists of weather expressions and the author uses capital letter in the middle of the sentence.
Also the author uses capital letters when writing lists of words which is not necessary. Even though the readings on culture are easy interesting and very well illustrated, I find that the book Libro Libre is lacking a balance on cultural information about more countries than the ones that the author uses in the book.
I know there are only ten chapters and 21 Spanish speaking countries, but the author repeats some of the countries like Argentina and Mexico. Also, I don't see a good ethnic balance in the pictures and photographs throughout the book.
Overall I like the book Libro Libre and I would love to use it in the future with my students. It is a well structure, clear and it counts with excellent examples, activities and colorful illustrations. Libro Libre is a book that I enjoyed reading. The book covers aspects of Hispanic culture using readings of authentic materials, and as a native Spanish speaker I believe this an excellent resource to familiarize learners with different Hispanic The book covers aspects of Hispanic culture using readings of authentic materials, and as a native Spanish speaker I believe this an excellent resource to familiarize learners with different Hispanic accents and idioms.
Libro Libre covers basic grammar for beginners in a very simple way so that it becomes easy for learners to comprehend. The vocabulary and content is supported by colorful illustrations, and with additional audio, and videos which are free resources available in the program.
The books provides students with a section in which they can reflect about the lesson objectives and what their expectations are for that lesson, by doing this students can increase language awareness on acquired learning skills to enhance the use of the target language.
Libro Libre is a book that can be used for virtual teaching or when teaching in a classroom. I did not detect any error. I believe that Libro Libre is an accurate book. It is well organized and relevant. I do not think that it will be necessary to up date the book soon.
Libro Libre book is written and arranged with links in such way that if it were necessary to update it will be very easy to implement it. The writing is clear and easy to comprehend. Instructions are written in English, vocabulary words are either written in English and Spanish or accompanied by illustrations so that beginners can easily comprehend.
Overall there is a clear consistency in the writing and explanation in all the chapters of Libro Libre book that includes a clear sequence of short cultural readings, chapter goals, vocabulary, grammar, and chapter reflection.
The terminology used is consistent with the Spanish Standard framework. Each one of the ten chapters is divided into smaller sections that can be assigned independently or as a whole. The chapters are well organized, in a sequence that makes sense and with easy to find sections.
The book is well organize. It flows well, it begins each chapter with a cultural reading followed by a vocabulary list, a Pre-chapter activity and a series of activities that reinforce learning skills. The text contains no grammatical errors, but there is a repeated spelling error which is the word objectivos should be spelled objetivos without the "c".
I like the fact that the book includes cultural readings in each of its chapter. I also like the illustrations to represent culture backgrounds, but I think the text should represent more the variety of races, and ethnic groups that conforms the Hispanic World. I think it is a very good Spanish for beginners book.
It is practical affordable, and easy to use. Thank you for writing it. I completed the review of the Libro Libre book and I really liked it. I teach the beginner level of Spanish at a local community college, as well as at a state college, and most of the students enrolled in my classes come with a mix of proficiency I teach the beginner level of Spanish at a local community college, as well as at a state college, and most of the students enrolled in my classes come with a mix of proficiency levels.
The large scope of the book is great in that it covers all the grammar and vocabulary that I usually cover in my Spanish I and II courses. I found that the book content was accurate for a beginning I and II Spanish level. I will definitely use it as a supplemental book for an OER Spanish course.
The book was relevant to the topics for a Spanish I and Spanish II course and included videos and activities that were also relevant to the lessons.
I found the Libro Libre very well organized by Chapters. The topics were clear and easy to follow. At the beginning of each chapter in the book, there were sections that use goal setting and metacognition.
The goals for each chapter were specific and achievable. The book was divided into ten chapters and in order to get to a particular chapter students will need to scroll all the way to the assigned lesson. In previous books I have used, I was able to enter the number of the page I was looking in a search bar, however, I was unable to do that with this book.
It was a little bit difficult to have to scroll all the way to a specific page I was looking for but it was also ok as the book is free. I found the chapter in the book very well organized and that it included learning objectives in each topic of the book.
The book themes had an easy flow. The interface included web links about different topics and QR codes. Some of these QR codes had enough activities to practice descriptions of famous people who are commonly known by our students which at the same time makes students interested and engaged.
One of the errors I was able to detect in the book was that in the table of contents some of the topics are in English and some in Spanish. I found the cultural readings at the beginning of each chapter short but up to date.
When updating the book, a suggestion would be to add some reflective pre- and post writing activities comparing Latin America and the U. When reviewing the Libro Libre book I found more pros than cons. El Libro Libre is a great option for an elementary OER beginner course and a great alternative for students who are not able to afford the purchase of a textbook which can be costly. When updating the book, a suggestion would be to add activities for listening, and reading more short passages about cultural topics with pre- and post writing activities.
I appreciate the time and effort put by the author in writing the Libro Libre book and I really hope I can use it in the near future. This textbook is comprehensive in its treatment of the standard vocabulary and grammar as is expected from a high quality first year college textbook.
The entire gamut of vocabulary and grammar is sequentially and thematically organized and The entire gamut of vocabulary and grammar is sequentially and thematically organized and presented in a to-the-point style in manageable chunks, all contained within the 10 chapters that make up this page long textbook. The table of contents is detailed; it runs from page 3 to page 5 and lists the standard vocabulary themes and grammar topics found in any US college level first year Spanish textbook published by mainstream for-profit publishers of academic textbooks.
There is a balance of all the four skills, but instructors will find it easy to choose and emphasize activities and skills the as per their teaching style and learner needs. Audio and video ancillary materials are available on YouTube and are hyperlinked in the text.
The cultural readings accompanying each unit afford reading practice as well as cultural information on a diversity of topics without overwhelming the beginning level learner of Spanish. There is more than enough material for instructors to gainfully cover a two or three semester long foreign language basic course sequence. A cursory scan of the content indicates that the material is accurate, error-free and unbiased.
I did not check for typos, which, if any, can be corrected due to the editable nature of the medium. On the whole it appears to be expertly written. This is a recent and current text, which is generally somewhat of a rarity in open source collections as they generally contain older texts, especially in disciplines like foreign languages. This particular text dates from The text is written in lucid and accessible language.
There is no jargon that will impede learner comprehension. The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework. Standard metalanguage and terminology are used throughout to present language and grammar concepts. The terminology used is also consistent with the professional standards in the field.
It would be nice though if all the cultural readings had a title in the table of contents. There is substantial modularity in the sense that each unit and each section within each unit can function as a distinct and separate module with independent learning objects, though when it comes to language learning, it serves to remember that everything builds on something else and that what came before applies to what is on hand.
The organization is methodical. Topics are presented in a logical, clear fashion and progress from easy to more challenging. However, there are many ways of arranging material in foreign language study -- no one method of sequencing is necessarily perfect and no one pre-set sequence is necessarily the best!
There are no significant interface issues, no navigation problems. The external audio and video links work smoothly. There are abundant images, which load properly.
The page design is uncluttered and neat. The font size is comfortable and does not cause strain while reading. I did not spot any grammatical errors in my perusal. This is a language textbook and upholds the expected standards.
No examples of culturally insensitive treatment were found. The images inside the text represent a variety of races, ethnicities and backgrounds. The cultural readings are not centered on any one region but span across the wider Spanish speaking world. This book affords the convenience of a textbook and workbook rolled into one.
The audio for the vocabulary for the chapters is on YouTube and is accessible with just a click. The curriculum is identical to the material contained in books published by the large academic publishing houses but the treatment is less dense which can be a big plus as it cuts away the clutter.
However, instructors would have to figure out for themselves how to assess student learning since publisher provided ancillaries like test banks or online quizzes are not there.
This text covers a variey of appropriate themes and topics: grammar, vocabulary, and culture. I would have liked to see specifics when it came to the cultural section of each chapter. In the first chapter of the index, for example, it reads In the first chapter of the index, for example, it reads "Lectura cultural: La Patagonia", specifying what the cultural topic will be.
Chapter 2 is also specific. But for the other chapters, there is no detail telling what the cultural content is. Chapter 5, for example, simply reads"Lectura cultural: ", and only after going to page can you see that the cultural reading selection is about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
It is hard to put together a Spanish text without favoring a particular region. With 21 countries encompassing what it is to be "Latin American" it is easy to focus one a particular dialect or culture. While this text includes examples from many different cultures, and points out what may be different from region to region, it does not appear to have a bias toward any. The examples and exerises are written in a way that is general enough to last over time.
Since a lot of the cultrual aspects tend to be historical, many wouldn't have to be changed to keep the book feeling "modern". The explanation of concepts is very well done.
Clear, consise, it reads as a teacher speaking interactively with students as opposed to a dry lecture. For the most part I found it engaging and easy to follow. It is very well laid out and establishes a flow very early on. The student would know what to expect with each chapter. Both teacher and students would be able to get into a rhythm early on in the semester.
There perhaps would be a need to fill in some content when using the text over two semesters, but that would give a lot of time to practice and build a solid foundation. They go well together and are used logically to expand communication abilities. I appreciated that while it was pleasantly illustrated, the pictures and captions were not distracting within the text.
The hyper links were easy to open and very useful in providing examples of material. I would have liked to see some more aspects of culture as Latin American culture varies so greatly region to region and incorporates so much of European, African and Indigenous cultures.
I especially appreciated the goals and self reflection of the text. I have found that many times students do not pause to reflect on what is going well and what needs improvement until it is too late in the class.
Setting a couple of goals at the beginning of each chapter and reflecting on the progress made when the chapter is over seems like a very effective way to not only help students track their progress more effectively, but also to help them self-evaluate and possibly self-advocate if needed.. The book covers all the basic grammar content of beginner Spanish with enough grammar activities and exercises to support student learning. It also has excellent Audio and Video activities, although the teacher probably needs to incorporate other It also has excellent Audio and Video activities, although the teacher probably needs to incorporate other free resources available online to support the content, as well as cultural readings and videos.
The explanation of the grammar is simple, avoid very rigid boxes and examples and use some very useful mnemonic devices. I also appreciate that it regularly incorporates cognates, suffix and prefix exercises all of this increases students' language awareness and expands their vocabulary.
The cultural information and the grammar seems accurate and effective. I have not detected any big errors in my review, although I detected some typographical errors. I don't think the text obsolete within a short period of time.
The necessary updates will be relatively easy and straightforward to implement, mainly if the emphasis of these updates can be put on the audio and video links on youtube. I think this is one of the book's greatest successes: its clarity. The grammar explanations are clear, using English and mnemonic methods that the students will appreciate very much.
The activity directions are also consistently clear. The book has a student center focus - if this is possible. I mean, it addresses the student in simple language, almost like in a casual but very effective way.
It seems as if the author has passed the same struggles with the language as the one who is studying at the time. The book is organized, well structured and coherent with the organization it proposes, chapter after chapter.
I like the design of the book, some pictures chosen to illustrate the topics are fun and fresh. The book can be segmented into chapters without losing coherence. Each chapter is autonomous, although interdependent on the previous one due to the logical sequence of learning. The interface is basic and easy to navigate it. Audio recordings and videos provide good resources to present and use the vocabulary. I wish it had hyperlinks to navigate the book more efficiently. Grammatical explanations, for example, could be linked directly to exercises online or exercises from the book itself.
For example, when reviewing the verb estar in present progressive tense, there should be a link that refers the student directly to the grammatical explanation of estar that appears on previous pages.
The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. I like the use of to refer to the feminine and masculine of nouns and adjectives. I would have appreciated the use of songs or poems, and activities related to them. Also, the cultural readings could have more exercises of comprehension, research and production linked to them.
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