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Tuesday, December 7, 1971
University Daily Kansan
VIVO
Intensive English Center Draws Student Criticism
By JEANNE RIMES
TUULA TOSSAVAINEN Kansan Staff Writers
The Intensive English Center in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences administers a subject of complaints by unsatisfied students enrolled in the college.
The major complaint involves the lack of teaching experience and the facilities.
"Teachers are just young graduate students who are not foreigners as a foreign language. Also, the subjects don't have coordination." Majid Motamed, Tohran, Iran, graduate student
A second complaint is the Intensive English Center's strictness about absences. A limited number of absences are allowed, but a drop below 30
According to Farkhrakh
Salman, Tehran, graduate
student, the facilities at the
university are not conducive to
learning.
"Sometimes you can even find an error on the tapes used in teaching," Sallmi said.
Another complaint is that students must pay $35 to take the course and attend the center, per semester, but they do not receive credit hours for the course.
Western Civ Exam to Be Given Saturday
More than 450 students sign up before the Nov. 26 deadline to take the Western Civilization examination this semester.
The 4-hour exam will be given at 1 p.m. Saturday at various locations on campus.
Western Civilization department personnel said the exam would follow the usual format of matching questions and essay questions. Matching sessions will be held at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday in 428 Lardley Hall.
Clark Coan, dean of foreign students, said that upon coming to the University of Kansas, he would have proficiency exam given by the intensive English Center. If a major amount of English is required for admission, it is permitted to take other courses until their English is improved. Therefore, it is possible a student may be taking entirely English.
According to Charles Sauer, assistant director of the Intensive English Center, there are presently 300-100 full-time students in the center. They carry 5 to 6 hours a day, and 28 to 30 hours per week.
Sauer agreed with Motamed that few of the teachers had enough experience. However, he taught the teachers how to center check out the teachers adequately. Also, students taking Linguistics 160. "Methods of Teaching English" are required and he writes a detailed criticism of them.
All the criticisms are filed and available for teachers to look at. Sometimes, if the administration agrees with the criticism, errors are corrected. Most criticism is related to the language lab will be corrected when new facilities are available, Sauer said.
"Hopefully we can use the language laboratory in the new Wescoe building." Sauer said.
In the summertime, the Intensive English program operates at Fraser Hall. Sauer said that it is "obvious that we are motivated and better motivated under these better teaching conditions."
classroom and thus use their native language.
Regarding the complaint about absences, Sauer said that the staff would not allow absences because it wanted to be able to report to KU or others if a student was absent.
According to Sauer, Dr. Edward Erasmus, director of the center, thinks that the subjects that are taught need not be coordinated. Some coordination has been done this year, but it is unclear whether the new teaching material is not identical to the old material.
One of the problems encountered when learning the language, said Sam Chang, that students tend to group according to nationality outside the
"Now some teachers have started spending their office hours in student areas to try to be more helpful, so we seem to be working well because we have had more students in our year than ever before." Sauer wrote.
A power failure blacked out the southwest Lawrence area Monday night for approximately 50 minutes.
Car Hits Pole; Part of City Blacked Out
The black-out was a side effect of a vehicle's hitting a power pole on 23rd Street between Kasid and Iowa.
The Lawrence Police Department would not release the name of the driver Monday night.
Freshman Places First In Paper Plane Contest
Mike Overbey, Overland Park freshman, won first place in the first annual University of Kansas golf tournament. He is on the second floor of Learned Hall.
Overbey, among 30 other competitors, placed second and 9 seconds and 9 seconds in flight. He also claimed second place with an additional high jump.
The event, sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at John F. Kennedy University, opened to students and faculty, overseeed
Each contestant, Overby said, had to design his own aircraft. It could be a two-seater sheet of paper skimmer by 11 inches. The paper may have been cut or shaped in any manner. He had never been used if not in excess.
Overby said that there had been two events, time and distance between the attempts and three given three attempts for each event with the best score.
The winner was determined by the contestant with the most points. Overbev said.
In the distance event, he said,
one point was given for each
of the starting line, by a straight line, to
the point of contact with any
Overby said that five points had been in the "time slot" after takeoff from the instant of release until the aircraft made contact with the airplane.
Overbeach he did not know if there had been much technology behind his victory. He said his aid was about 3 inches by 5½ inches at 5½.
"Welfare Problems and Prospects In 1972"
Wednesday December 8 8 p.m.
State Representative Ken Howard speaking on
Big 8 Room of Kansas Union
Sponsored by College Republicans
Monday he thought that direct communication with the people of Kansas about problems would be less effective, and action for higher education.
Jan Roskam, professor of Aerospace Engineering, won a trophy for the world's worst plane paper, Overbye said.
"I folded up the airplane as small as I could get it." Overeyard said, "and threw it as hard as I could."
Overbey said that the trophies were on display on the second floor of Learned.
The group, called Students Concerned, *Aid* Higher Education in Kansas, will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the Jawahry Room of the Kansas Union. Anyone may attend the meeting.
PICTURE YOURSELF AS A PAULIST.
He said that students who participated in the campaign would be divided into "area" areas. The "area" would include Topeka and犹大县, and Jackson County, Jackson County, and western and eastern Kansas.
A group of University of Kansas researchers expected to outline a statewide holiday campaign to point out the needs of higher education in the United States.
Students to Plan Funds Drive
a Community could be modern and flexible enough to meet the needs of our community as they arise. A Community that wouldn't lag behind the times on leader feet. A Community that would listen to spoken and printed word and one that wouldn't be hampered by specific activities when new needs arise.
Student efforts, he said, would
These are the Paulists. The modern religious Community, Keeping pace with the times, Concerned Involved.
Next, picture the men in this
picture standing in a row and
flexible. Each one would use his
own individual talents in his own
way and would be given the free-
fer.
If you can picture yourself as a Paulist, why not write for more information to Rev. Donald C. Barker. Directions: Room 400, Dorm II.
center around visits with state legislators, newspaper editors, civic leaders and high school senior class presidents. He hoped people became interested, they would pass their feelings on to others.
415 West 59th Street New York, N. Y. 10019
A spokesman for the group said
Prof Receives Research Post
All for Only $5
HATFIELD, England (AP—
Commissional China's touring table
tennis team arrived by air
for a two-week loss of Britain.
You purchase a Ticket Package by filling in a Festival computer card at Second Semester Registration!!
Total Price $10 without Registration Ticket Package
Jerry Stannard, University of Kansas professor of history, has been appointed to a four-year term on the History of the Life Sciences Department at the National Institute of Health. His will begin July 1, 1972.
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
HERBIE MANN
THE NATIONAL PLAYERS
FRED WISEMAN
THE PORTABLE CIRCUS
BORIS GOLDOVSKY
Study section members review applications for research grants in their subject area.
of THE ARTS
March 6-11,1972
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