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--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Maria Alvarez) ---

>Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 02:40:10 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum                 <[log in to unmask]>
>From: [log in to unmask] (Maria Alvarez)
>Subject: Re: #4765 quantitative enrollment guidelines for foreign language         classes

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Caroline,

Don't know if this will help, but our department has capped ALL foreign
language classes at 20 which seems to be comfortable. It seems that this is
a number that was researched. I came after its implementation, so I can't
really say where the number came from (apart from common sense!). We have
found that the ideal is 15-18 for quality conversation practice at the
beginning levels. The administration supports our claims, maybe because we
are a small, private (and expensive) university and "small class size" is a
selling point :-) Good luck...nothing worse than an overcrowded entry level
language class!

New Year Cheers,

Maria Alvarez
Stetson University
DeLand, FL

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