13.2339, Qs: Inuktitut Word, Lang Teaching Models

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Subject: 13.2339, Qs: Inuktitut Word, Lang Teaching Models

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1)
Date:  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:05:24 -0400
From:  "Ralph W. McDowell" <ralphmcd at erols.com>
Subject:  Inuktitut word, "Ikirtuuq"

2)
Date:          Tue, 17 Sep 02 10:30:23 EDT
From:          Stanley Dubinsky <DUBINSK at VM.SC.EDU>
Subject:       question on language teaching models

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:05:24 -0400
From:  "Ralph W. McDowell" <ralphmcd at erols.com>
Subject:  Inuktitut word, "Ikirtuuq"


Does anyone know the English meaning of the Inuktitut word "Ikirtuuq"?
It's the name of a lake in Northern Quebec's Nunavik region and is
located about 90 nautical miles west of the village of Kuujjuaq.  Any
help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Ralph McDowell


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Date:          Tue, 17 Sep 02 10:30:23 EDT
From:          Stanley Dubinsky <DUBINSK at VM.SC.EDU>
Subject:       question on language teaching models


Greetings,

We are interested in finding out information about various models for
running first year language courses.  Our university currently uses
Model I, and we are exploring the possibility of implementing Model
II.

Model I
=======
Each professor or graduate assistant (second year, or more) teaches
their own section of 20-25 students (i.e. is the "instructor of
record" for their section).

Model II
========
A professor lectures one hour per week to a class of 60-75 students,
while three graduate assistants (possibly first year) each meet with a
section of 20-25 students for three hours/week of drills, etc.  The
lecturing professor is the "instructor of record" for all 60-75
students and supervises the graduate teaching assistants.

Our goal in exploring Model II is to make better use of our first year
graduate students, who are not allowed to be an instructor of record
(i.e. cannot manage their own classes) due to accreditation rules.

We would like to know whether your language departments currently
utilize Method II (or something similar), and whether it has been
successful.

If there are sufficient responses, We will summarize for the list.

Stan Dubinsky              Allen Miller
Linguistics                Languages, Literatures, and Cultures


University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208

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