SEELANGS Digest - 5 Oct 1997 to 6 Oct 1997

[Devin P Browne]

> Date:    Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:27:36 -0700
> From:    Genevra Gerhart <ggerhart at wolfenet.com>
> Subject: jobs?
>
> Dear Mr. McClelland,
>  2.Advanced degrees, or any sort of certification, are not offered for
>  language ability.  The latter is merely assumed and judgement in fact
>  rests on a stellar publication record and great research promise in
>  literature or linguistics, neither of which require the same faculties
>  or facilities as language.

ACTFL offers the OPI, which assesses a score (0-5, novice to native or
native-like) to language ability.  I think with the move in foreign
language education these days we should consider requiring a certain
degree of competency in speaking and listening ability in our higher
education faculty.