--- Forwarded Message from TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:02:55 -0700 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: online Spanish question ------------------ Here at UTMartin, our first 3 semesters of language study are 4-hour courses (3 hours of class and 2 hours of lab...structured like a science course). We have received a request from a single working mother who cannot come to campus. She is on track for everything (good grades, etc.) except the language requirement. We offer nothing at night or online. She is requesting to take an online course and substitute it for ours. I have very serious doubts about online lower-level courses, even though it is possible to give oral practice to students. I think there will be some pressure on us for this one, but I note that the TN Regents course suggested is only 3-hours. This poses some extra administrative problems. Can anyone recommend or point me to some 4-hour courses covering each of the first two semesters of college Spanish? TBob -- ========================================================== Look it up in the Andy Holt Virtual Library http://www.utm.edu/vlibrary/vlhome.shtml ========================================================== Robert D. Peckham, PhD Director, the Globe-Gate Project Director, the Muriel Tomlinson Language Resource Center Department of Modern Foreign Languages Univ. of Tennessee-Martin http://globegate.org/french/globe.html