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>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:02:55 -0700
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>From: TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: online Spanish question

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Here at UTMartin, our first 3 semesters of language  study are 4-hour 
courses (3 hours of class and 2 hours of lab...structured like a 
science course).  We have received a request from a single working 
mother who cannot come to campus.  She is on track for everything 
(good grades, etc.) except the language requirement.  We offer 
nothing at night or online.  She is requesting to take an online 
course and substitute it for ours.  I have very serious doubts about 
online lower-level courses, even though it is possible to give oral 
practice to students.  I think there will be some pressure on us for 
this one, but I note that the TN Regents course suggested is only 
3-hours.  This poses some extra administrative problems.  Can anyone 
recommend or point me to some 4-hour courses covering each of the 
first two semesters of college Spanish?

TBob
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Robert D. Peckham, PhD
Director, the Globe-Gate Project
Director, the Muriel Tomlinson Language Resource Center
Department of Modern Foreign Languages
Univ. of Tennessee-Martin
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