Russian keyboards

[Jane Frances Hacking]

Dear Sarah,
I think this is a debatable point; we don't have the time in our language classes to teach or test keyboarding of any sort. That said, our immediate motivation is to provide options for students coming in to take ACTFL computerized writing tests. If all they have used is a phonetic keyboard, then testing them on a Russian layout defeats the purpose of the test.
Jane
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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian keyboards

I would like to reply to everyone on this. Why is a phonetic keyboard wanted in a language lab? Shouldn't students learn to type using the normal Russian keyboard layout?

Sarah Hurst


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