Language for Survival: A Model Study-Abroad Program.

Turner, Thomas; And Others

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Language for Survival: A Model Study-Abroad Program

Turner, Thomas; And Others

Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 6, 3, 41-43, Mar 75

In 1971 the College of the Holy Cross (Minnesota) set up a summer language and cultural program in Cuernavaca, Mexico for their students of Spanish. After intensive grammar in the classroom students are sent out on "survival" situations involving verbal communication with Mexicans in the market place, schools, prisons, etc. (SC)

Descriptors: College Language Programs, Field Trips, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Study Abroad

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Identifiers - Location: Mexico; Minnesota

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