Regarding the issue of helping students top make vocabulary ?stick¹ - have you heard of the phenomenal ANKI software? It works so that you simply can¹t forget the vocab! For more information you can email me or read my blog: http://engheb.com/htm/blog-retain_hebrew_vocabulary_with_anki.htm Its about learning Hebrew, but the same principle applies! Claire Perets -- Joel Yaron Publishing