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>Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:52:09 -0500
>Subject:  Graduate reading requirements
>From: Dr Jack Burston <[log in to unmask]>
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Please excuse the cross posting.

Dear Colleagues,

The foreign language departments here at Temple University are in the
process of reconsidering their graduate reading course offerings and I've
been charged with locating reading proficiency descriptors and existing
competency level reading tests.  I'm aware of the ACTFL reading level
descriptors, but find them too generic and inappropriate to the research
based reading that would be expected of a graduate student. If you have
experience in this area, I'd love to hear from you and find out more about
how you approach the teaching and testing of graduate reading courses.  I
would be particularly interested in learning about ways that computer-based
methodologies are being used to provide more flexible delivery of
instruction.  Thanks in advance for your input.  Jack


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Jack Burston, Ph.D.
Director of Foreign Language Instructional Technologies
College of Liberal Arts
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
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