It is proposed that student motivation can be maintained and enhanced when teachers combine authentic oral and written language with activities leading the student to identify with sympathetic individuals in the target culture. Suggested activities, emphasizing language training at the intermediate level, include interviewing native speakers, work in listening comprehension based on unrehearsed videotaped and audiotaped conversations, use of a newspaper, and opportunities for students to "show off" cultural lexical and syntactic material both in and out of class. In-class practice involves skits, individual presentations, and compositions. Out-of-class activities include impromptu exchange with teachers and others, language weekends, and opportunities for longer immersion both at home and abroad. (MSE)