Because the current ISU text's vocabulary lists are at the end of the chapters, a student may have the tendency to ignore them. This may seem a daunting task at first, but it will get easier as the semester passes. Encourage the student, especially if he or she intends to continue studying Spanish beyond the goal requirement, to purchase a good dictionary, and then show the srudent how to use it. El laboratorio de lengua. Perhaps you remember your experience there.
Many students find the lab bewildering or boring.
Help to make their experience there fun and educational by explaining how the lab works. Encourage the student to go to the lab regularly and not to wait until the end of the semester. Practice pronunciation continually. The current text does not have a good pronunciation guide, so find a better one. Use your own expertise to help the student pronounce correctly.