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>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:23:07 -0500
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>From: adaer <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: call for lab curriculum ideas

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Dear Fellow Language Lab Directors,

I don't think I'm alone in thinking that many faculty are afraid of 
technology. Now I find myself with a brand new Sony digital lab three years 
after I conducted a survey of the faculty. They overwhelming supported a 
state-of-the-art lab. Ooops! That didn't mean they wanted to teach there!! So 
now $400,000+ later, including a $100,000 federal grant (the project 
encompassed a major structural remodeling), faculty are revolting because the 
President and Provost are insisting that they use the room or the FL Dept. and 
College will lose credibility.  Yikes.

Granted, I have a few allies who understand that I haven't built just an 
upgraded audio-lingual lab.  But all believe they need more training in how to 
best utilize the capabilites of the equipment and integrate them into the 
meager 3 contact hours they have with introductory and intermediate level 
students each week. (Students studying Japanese and Chinese have 4 hours/week 
and then 90 minutes of required lab.) Faculty rotate classes in the lab 
classroom 1 hour/week.  Sort of like a "Best Practices in the Lab" type of 
thing.

Thus our Provost's office is sponsoring a workshop to be held Friday, January 
30, 2004.  I am seeking presenters who could demonstrate communicative lab 
activities.  Could you also please pass this call onto FL and ESL faculty at 
your institution?   You may contact me off the list for more information.

Thank you in advance.  This list is a lifesaver!

Best regards to all,
Becky

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Ms. Rebecca Adae, Coordinator Language Learning Center
State University of New York at New Paltz
75 S. Manheim Blvd., JFT 414
New Paltz, NY 12561-2440 USA
845.257.3609  (fax)845.257.3512
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