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Friday, February 3, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
KU language classes suffering from teacher shortage
by Kris M. Bergquist Kansan staff writer
Despite an enrollment increase in foreign language classes in recent years, language instructors at the University of Kansas still are content with the quality of their teaching.
you want to buy more features. Jan Kozmo-Southall, chairman of the Italian and American Academy had a good reputation, it was not hard to find qualified people to teach. However, they do panic during the summer when they see enrollment figures for the upcoming fall semester.
Kozma-Southall said supplemental instruc
tors were hired to teach beginning classes every fall semester.
Shortages of professors began about 10 years ago, she said, when the state and the university had to deal with budget cuts.
When professors died, retired or resigned, they weren't replaced. Kozma-Southall said. During the 1960s and 70s, no jobs in the teaching field were open.
"Out of my college class, I'm the only one who ended up teaching Italian, what I set out to do," she said. "I love jobs, so my friends went to other jobs. Now the interest in languages is growing, and we
Andrew Tsubaki, chairman of East Asian languages and cultures, said that many East Asian graduates were headed toward careers in teaching, making it tougher to recruit teachers.
easily have twice the number of students here and need more teachers."
"Some want to teach, but they're few and far between," the Tusubaki said. "Five or seven years ago, a person really couldn't find a job, but then there was money, and that wasn't teaching."
Tsubaki agreed with a study done by the New York-based Modern Language Associia.
tion that the number of language professors needed had increased in recent years
James Carothers, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said he assumed that as more job vacancies opened up across the country, the number of foreign language students enrolled at KU. The number of students taking classes in the semesters of language also has increased.
Carothers that student willingness to take foreign language courses had increased but that, for some, their lack of preparation made them less suitable for foreign language classes extraordinarily crowded.
Last semester, Robert Spires, chairman of Spanish and Portuguese, said that about 500 students were denied enrollment in beginning Spanish classes.
In an effort to keep students in the program this semester, 53 students are enrolled in a Mexican culture course that should have an absolute limit of 25. Snires said
"When dealing with foreign language, students need to be speaking." Spires said. "If it's a lecture like this course, we're depriving students of a sizable part of their learning process. The students aren't getting what they should be getting."
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