[EDLING:395] Cornell Univ: Language Courses Suffer Crowding

[Francis Hult]

The Cornell Daily Sun

 

Language Courses Suffer Crowding

 

For many students, getting a place in certain language courses last August may have been more difficult than actually learning the language itself. As instruction began, however, and students shopped around for courses, most of the long waitlists disappeared.

 

The present availability of open spots is in sharp contrast to the scenario at the beginning of the semester, when frustrated students failed to get into the sessions of their choice. In the first few days of fall semester classes, the waitlist for JAPAN101: Elementary Japanese contained 58 names; 45 hopeful students were in line for CHIN101: Elementary Standard Chinese Mandarin.

 

Full story:

http://cornellsun.com/node/24168

 
 
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Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
 
Web: http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/
 
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