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The biggest language class at UF (elementary Spanish) is moving from 5 contact
hours/week to 3, using online material developed by the publisher to supplement
the contact hours. I don't think that the students have to log in at a
particular time or for a particular length of time, though. They just have to
complete the assigned work. However, some assignments may involve meeting a
partner in the online interface for conversations.

These courses have always been so big (so many sections) that it was not
possible to accommodate them for a weekly lab hour--or rather, it would have
involved having multiple schedules for the various sections (lab day for
sections a,b,c,d,e on Monday, for f,g,h,I,j on Tuesday, and for k,l on
Wednesday). 

Judy Shoaf

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>--- Forwarded Message from Tina Oestreich <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:01:11 -0400
>>Subject: language lab hour
>>From: Tina Oestreich <[log in to unmask]>

>I am curious how many schools have a scheduled language lab/technology
>hour built into their curriculum (e.g., students meet in the classroom
>3 times a week and once in the lab or online from home).
>
>If your school has a lab hour, can you please write me back and let me
>know? I would also be curious to know what students do during that
>time. Please respond to me directly at [log in to unmask]

Tina:

(Though you requested a direct message, I assume others may have your same
question, so I'm replying publicly.) Hard on the heels of TBob's
generous(^_^) message, I write to say that Yale has no out-of-class worktime
requirement. Certain languages require a weekly hour or more of one-on-one
tutoring, but that is in the flesh.

Best,
Trip

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