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--- Forwarded Message from "Andrew Wraith" <[log in to unmask]> ---

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>From: "Andrew Wraith" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: #8352.3 (!) online placement exams
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:16:36 +0000


Dialang, made by the Council of Europe is a very useful free online tool and 
is based on the "Cadre Commun" or the European Framework of Reference for 
Languages.

http://www.dialang.org/english/index.htm

Best,

Andrew Wraith
Head of Languages
IUT Digne Les Bains



>From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: #8352.3 (!) online placement exams
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:14:53 -0400
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>--- Forwarded Message from "Waid, Alexander Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> 
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> >Subject: RE: #8352.1 (!) online placement exams
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> >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:22:35 -0400
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> >From: "Waid, Alexander Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]>
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>Like Barbara, we use BYU's WebCAPE and then do a follow-up when it seems
>necessary:  the borderline placements, or the student who had six years
>in high school and got a 0 on the test...  We're lucky to have a very
>small student body, so the follow up is a face-to-face interview.
>
>v/R
>Alex
>
>
>Alexander Waid, Ph.D.
>Professor of Spanish
>Department of Humanities
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>United States Coast Guard Academy (dh)
>27 Mohegan Avenue
>New London, CT 06320-4195
>860-701-6866
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>-----Original Message-----
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>--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:03:39 -0400
> >From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #8352 online placement exams
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>Anna and all:
>
>We use the WebCAPE (BYU) placement tests for Spanish, German, French and
>Russian (on line) and then ask the students to submit a brief writing
>sample (in person).  We have a mandate from our administration to make
>all placement tests (especially for incoming freshlings) completely
>online by next summer, so we are experimenting with using the BYU test
>in conjunction with an online writing tool deployed or distributed via
>Moodle.
>
>Anyone else using Moodle for such tasks?
>
>--Barbara
>
>--
>Barbara Sawhill
>Director, Cooper International Learning Center Lecturer, Hispanic
>Studies Department Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074
>Voice: 440-775-8595
>Fax: 440-775-6888
>http://www.oberlin.edu/ilc
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>President-elect, IALLT
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>http://www.languagelabunleashed.com
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>Skype: barbarasawhill
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>  LLTI-Editor wrote:
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> >>From: [log in to unmask]
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> >>Subject: online placement exams
> >>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:12:25 +0000
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> >
> >I am interested in getting feedback from those who have created online
>placement
> >exams.  What was your experience?  What tools did you use?  How long
> >did it
>take
> >to complete the project?
> >
> >Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions.
> >
> >Anna
> >
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