language maintenance over the summer?

[Susan Bauckus]

Audio books, radio, movies, and all those authentic materials are enriching
and fun, but students who've had only one year of study and who are willing
to pursue these activities probably don't need to have it suggested to them
because they are likely to be very ambitious to take on such an enormous
challenge. For some students, including very good ones, it's daunting and I
wonder if it may be counterproductive. A challenge for us is to figure out
how to help beginning students when they want to work on maintenance by
themselves. I don't know the answer to that question and doubt there's a
single answer, but I'm not convinced that telling 1st year students to do
the same thing that advanced students would do is much of an answer either. 

Or is it? Has anyone had experience with students who have followed
suggestions made on this thread or elsewhere, and what has happened? I
would love to know more about this. 
Thanks,
Susi

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