--- Forwarded Message from Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 15:55:07 -0400
>Subject: Re: #7135.8 lab attendance tracking (!)
>From: Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
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This is a long and difficult discussion.  However, my experience from 
both the
faculty and the staff side is that unless faculty CHOOSE what 
activities students
are supposed to do in the Center and choose to make those activities 
well
integrated with the course as a whole, then students wind up doing only
"seat time".  This is what Read was objecting to.

On jeudi, mai 1, 2003, at 15:44 US/Eastern, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from "Mariana Pomphile" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:34:08 -0400
>> From: "Mariana Pomphile" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: #7135.6 lab attendance tracking (!)
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> Because language learning is largely based in contact hours with the
> language is that faculty here require/suggest/invite students to go to
> the lab, it has nothing to do with appeasing anything for us.  THen  in
> terms of checking what they do while they are here, we have taken the
> time to create numerous materials with movies and other things to
> encourage students to do things other than the typical (sometimes
> boring) lab manual.  We then not only monitor from the main desk what
> everyone is doing but also students are most times invovled in an
> activity that requires some form of production that they have to turn 
> in
> at the end. So we check attendance and what they do while they are 
> here,
> both.
> It is more work but we have added this two years ago and it has helped
> students so...
> Mariana
>
> Mariana Pomphile
> Language Lab Director
> Department of Language and Literature
> North Georgia College & State University
> (706) 864-1682
>