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Author(s) -
Zdenek Joseph W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1983.tb01432.x
Subject(s) - vocabulary , mathematics education , psychology , teaching method , course (navigation) , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , engineering , aerospace engineering
Teaching a one‐week course to older students in the Elderhostel program can be a rewarding experience, as the students are highly motivated, very receptive, and energetic. The course, called “Survival Spanish”, of necessity has a skeletal framework and a specific objective: introducing students to the basic sound system and enough basic structure and vocabulary items in order to survive.