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--- Forwarded Message from "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:55:41 -0400 >From: "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7637 Redesigning lower-level Spanish Quite frankly, I'd fight the dean tooth and nail on that one. If you want to teach Spanish as a living language, that is, emphasizing all four areas of communication, then increasing the student/instructor ratio is a bad idea. What works for large, lecture based classes won't work for a foreign language that depends on a fair amount of interaction between the learner and a competent user of the target language. Worst case scenario: increase class sizes and hire and train student-workers who are native speakers and/or upper level language students to hold weekly chat sessions with each class. The other option is to simply teach "reading and listening Spanish" courses that focus on teaching the students to read and listen in the foreign language but which de-emphasize two-way communication. Not the best solution, IMHO. David Flores Director: Language Learning Center Loyola College in Maryland 4501 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210 Ph: (410) 617-5230 Fax: (410) 617 2859 >>> [log in to unmask] 09/22/04 04:34PM >>> --- Forwarded Message from "McCullough, Heather" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: Redesigning lower-level Spanish >Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:55:29 -0400 >Thread-Topic: Redesigning lower-level Spanish >Thread-Index: AcSgq9Ka1O6z8SBFQeanFlm4TlflzA== >From: "McCullough, Heather" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> Dear IALLTers, Our department is facing the common problem in lower-level Spanish courses of rapidly growing enrollments. The dean wishes to find a solution other than adding sections and hiring adjuncts. Since this is a broad question and therefore perhaps not ideal for the listserv format, I would be happy to hear off-list how other institutions may be addressing this problem through course redesign and/or technology. There was a thread in Aug. 2000 that brought up Virginia Tech's Math Emporium as a model for redesigning high-enrollment lower-level courses using technology but I haven't found a recent thread or article on this topic. Thanks! Heather Heather McCullough, Ph.D. Director, Language Resource Center UNC-Charlotte