language maintenance over the summer?

[Herself]

Would anyone here object to a comment on this topic by a person who has been 
studying Russian by herself- with no teacher or class, for a year?
Nola
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From: "Susan Bauckus" <sbauckus at EARTHLINK.NET>
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Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] language maintenance over the summer?


> 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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