Aula Internacional 1 is one of the most popular books for teaching Spanish. It’s used by the Instituto Cervantes and you can use it if you want to pursue a DELE certification. Aula Internacional 1 is a Spanish textbook for absolute beginners. Although it can be used for self-studying, this book works perfectly in classrooms or small learning groups since it has a lot of speaking exercises. So if you are a self-study Spanish learner and want to use this book, it’s convenient for you to have a conversation buddy.

On top of the exercises and the grammar sections in each lesson, at the end of the book you’ll find a ‘ More exercises’ and ‘More grammar’ sections. As the name suggests, those sections provide you with extra practice and deeper grammar explanations and verb charts. Aula Internacional 2 is one of the most popular Spanish textbooks for beginners. Due to its characteristics, this book works better in a classroom environment. However, it can also be used individually or with a small Spanish studying group. But if you’re not sure this is the right book for you, there are other great Spanish textbooks for beginners that you could try. Conclusion Most of the recordings are in Castilian Spanish, so you won’t get familiar with Latin American accents. Aula Internacional 2 follows the Instituto Cervantes program. This means that the book contains standard Spanish. However, in some instances you may find a small influence of Castilian Spanish. As you may imagine, this will be more notorious in the listening activities if you’re specifically trying to learn Latin American Spanish.

As a teacher that used the previous version of the book, I have to say that the new design of Aula Internacional 2 is very colorful and attractive. It’s very easy to identify which sections are the most important. The book is more interactive and contains online resources that you can use. Even though this is a recommended textbook to start learning Spanish, there are some unique components and quirks that I’ll mention in this review. Learning Goals & Objectives Thanks to its design and structure, this book is very easy to use and understand. And, if like me, you always want to know what you’re learning, in each lesson you’ll find listed all the topics that you’ll learn and the situations where you can apply them. Since it’s all written in Spanish, following the instructions can be challenging for some students, especially, if they’re self-studying. Additionally, you can reinforce your knowledge with the exercises presented in the book and the online resources. Something to keep in mind is that the book is written in Spanish which can be quite challenging if you don’t know anything about this language.

As its name suggests, Aula Internacional 1 is the first level of a textbook series for adults and young Spanish students. For that reason, this book is written for new Spanish learners that want to start their Spanish learning journey. Since this textbook is going to cover the most basic topics, you don’t need to have any previous knowledge. If you’re a self-taught learner, depending on the topic, you may need to do some research on your own to complement what you just learned. One of the main advantages of this book is that through all the lessons, you’ll find different types of exercises to reinforce the topics. The exercises cover all the skills you need to be fluent in Spanish: listening, writing, reading and speaking. Many students find that the vocabulary provided is not always enough to keep a conversation. However, they forget that textbooks are meant to give you a basic foundation and it’s up to you to start adding more slang expressions.

In other words, you won’t learn something difficult without having some previous foundations. This sense of organization and sequence is present in every detail of the book. So for instance, Aula Internacional has 9 units and in each one of them you’ll find the same sections:

It forms part of the Aula Internacional series which will allow you to learn Spanish in a more structured way. As a textbook for beginners, Aula Internacional 1 starts with very basic topics such as greetings and progresses into teaching present tense, expressions and some of the most common Spanish verbs. With the purpose of setting an immersive environment, Aula Internacional 2 is completely written in Spanish. But since you should already have some basic knowledge of Spanish and the instructions are written with simple words this shouldn’t be such a big problem for you.

Price & Where to Buy

It doesn’t include the answer keys since most exercises have more than one answer. The answer booklet is only available in the teacher’s book. Practice section (listening, conversation or writing exercises to practice your new grammar knowledge).

Aula Internacional 1 is meant to introduce people to the Spanish language and take them through the vocabulary, topics and grammar structures they need to have basic and simple conversations. It’s main goal is to provide beginners with useful structures that they can use to navigate through easy daily-life situations.After working and reviewing the new version of Aula Internacional 1 here are some pros and cons that you should keep in mind. The reading and cultural sections contain advanced words and structures. In fact, this section is not very useful in daily-life situations. As I said before, Aula Internacional 1 is meant to take absolute beginners to an upper beginner level. Unlike other beginners textbooks that contain all the information for the beginner level in one volume, with this textbook series you’ll need to get Aula Internacional 1 and Aula Internacional 2 to complete the beginner level which may not be ideal from a financial perspective ( see cost below). Topics that Aula Internacional 1 covers Despite this, the book does a very good job with the vocabulary: everything you learn can be applied in all Spanish-speaking countries. Aside from that, the rest of the exercises require that the learners think and produce some Spanish based on the knowledge they just acquired. When it comes to learning aids at the end of the book you can find verb charts and more in-depth grammar explanations.