Students listen to talk on Mexican history.
The methodology we use is something new in Cuernavaca and, for that matter, many parts of Latin America and Spain. It is an attempt to steer clear of traditional, mechanistic methods which, often, are also ideologically oppressive. It has not been easy to change what we, as teachers, have been doing for years and we, as students, experienced in our own educational process. However, the concept is taken into account in making specific points of grammar and in creating participatory exercises which explain and demonstrate the reality of the Spanish language as manifested in the culture of Mexico. All of this happens through an integration of classroom instruction and direct experiences in the culture.