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At the school where I teach, the Spanish teachers teach 20 minute classes. It is new thing this year, but they have adjusted very well (I assist in some Spanish classes). Mostly, they have time to introduce a new subject/vocabulary, play a short game to reinforce a language point, or do one activity/dialogue. They have very small classes though (3-7 students).

I have taught 3 hour 45 minute classes with two breaks, 5 days a week with people who are in the U.S. on student visas. They are hell, especially considering most people work full time. However, as they are not supposed to work if they have a student visa, we are not supposed to give them any leeway or be understanding because we are not supposed to know that they work. With adult students, I played as many games as I would with elementary school students; i just adjusted the games to make them more subtable for adults.