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--- Forwarded Message from Paula Debnar <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:27:44 -0400
>From: Paula Debnar <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>Subject: Re: #9209 language proficiency testing
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In a recent revision of our language requirement (see URL below) Mount
Holyoke College tried to address the issues you described in your post.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/global/16298.shtml
Paula Debnar
Professor of Classics
Department of Classics and Italian
Mount Holyoke College
LLTI-Editor wrote:
> --- Forwarded Message from "Cobb-Zygadlo, Deanne" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> From: "Cobb-Zygadlo, Deanne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: language proficiency testing
>> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:07:45 -0400
>
> Hi,
> The last posting in the archives on this issue appears to have been
> from 2006 and so I am hoping that maybe we could revive the discussion.
>
> One of the issues I have been asked to lend a hand in since joining KU
> is in determining how best to handle language proficiency testing on
> campus. The faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences has a language
> requirement but there is a growing need to recognize the first, second
> or third languages of our students who are entering our programs.
> Traditionally, with languages that are taught on campus, this would
> involve either a computerized language placement/proficiency test or
> an interview with a faculty member. For students who speak a language
> not taught on campus, the language department has found qualified
> individuals with expertise in the language to test the students on a
> one-time basis. This is time-consuming and can be costly. And with
> an increasing number of students coming in with less commonly taught
> languages, it is becoming more and more cumbersome.
>
> Does anyone's university make use of educational transcripts? What
> are the policies in place for this? What about languages from areas
> of the world which may not produce transcripts?
>
> Does anyone recognize TOEFL scores as evidence of L2? Under what
> circumstances?
>
> We are trying to think of inventive means by which to acknowledge our
> students prior knowledge through equitable means.
>
> Thanks,
> Deanne
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo
> Director, Language Resource Center
> Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
>
> phone: 484-646-5865
> email: [log in to unmask]
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