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From http://spanishmama.com/

Elisabeth, a Spanish teacher and blogger, has written a powerful blog post about her journey from expecting high levels of output from her novice learners (and being disappointed) to finding approaches that encourage students to use the target language. These include expectations appropriate to learners' proficiency level, a focus on communication over accuracy, a focus on high-frequency words, authentic and engaging conversation topics, compelling input, and being content with 90% (rather than 100%) target language use. 

Read the full blog post at http://spanishmama.com/stopped-trying-hard-get-students-speak-spanish/