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Teachers learn art of verbal exams
By Lisa M;!legan
• motaxi Associate t • t :< <■
Woven teachers wait in EMU
Century Room ( iur tin- student
to filter When she finally ar
rues, the teachers immediately
pull out pails, pent lis and tape
recorders
One teacher invites the stu
dent to sit in her and answer a
few questions in Spanish
Translated to English, the ques
tions go like tills
''How many people are in
your family7"
'Where do vou live
What are vou study mg ' '
1'he student is nervous but
after pondering eat h question
for a moment, she responds
with short, polite remarks The
other teachers sit toward in
their chairs and write i archil
notes
The teacher sitting by the stu
dent asks her to pretend that
the teacher is a blend's grand
mother and to make conversa
lion accordingly The student
agrees and speaks to her
friend s grandmother lor a few
minutes
Situations just like this one
will happen all day today
through Saturday a I the h.Ml: as
Spanish, French and Japanese
instructors Irom around the
i ourilrv gather at the l diversity
to learn how to give hi tter oral
exams
University student volunteers
are the guinea pigs, most re
i five some extra ( (edit in their
language i lasses for partieipat
ing in the conference
Most students do find ii -I
fun .mil valuable experience."
said ].js Siskin. .1 l imersity as
sin iale professor in I-rent h who
helped organize the conference
'I'suallv students leave with a
sense of satisfaction that
the\ e ai t it a 11 y earned on a
i onversation
Hut not all students agree
"I w illltwi to :tl " said i :
Main, a firs! ve.ir Freni Ii stu
dent No matter '.shat I said
the teai her never said one sin
gle hnglisll word even though I
said 1 didn't understand some
things It was humiliating 1
wmild never do it again
.Siskin said Main was an ex
( option to the rule Hr said the
teai hers did not mean to make
Mam feel uncomfortable and
attributed Main's disi omfort to
his i,u k of i onfidence and ex
penetH e with speaking a for
eign language
Sponsored hv tlie American
(fount ii on the Ti'.k lung id for
eign Languages, the i oidereni e
begun Wednesdav and is lie
signed to familiarize the i t par
tit tpanls witli let hniques o!
oral testing
Some Instructors will hegm
learning to fie A('. I f l, t ertified
oral proficiency interviewers
during the conference Sut ti in
strut tors i an rate students abil
ity bused on national standards
At I F L, requires extensive
testing before i ertifv mg inslrut
tors to giv e such tests
Naiiuiial standardized testing
provides a Useful wav ha pin
pointing students' abilltv said
r i i;. j k . Kat.i.ika . inversity
lapunese associate professor
who attended thi' conferent e
When employer*, ask us
How good is Sura s Japanese ’
.mil wr say. Stie s very good,
i! really doesn't mean a thing
(without national standards)."
kutaoka said
(lonlerem e participants learn
to evaluate students in three
areas
• Hie ability to i arry out hn
guistu functions |usk .quits
lions, dest ritie situations)
• 1'he ability to speak in dif
ferttnt contests (find a restroom,
address groups of people)
• Accuracy ability to be uri
defstiKid by different groups of
people)
After listen mg to ora! c sums
i onlerem e parte ipants attempt
to lulte! students speaking abtl
Ity as novice, intermediate, ad
y am rd or superior
Siskin said noyiie students
usually have poor at curat s and
would liaye difhi ultv being tin
dorstood by nativ e speakers He
said such students tend to
s| on in isolated words instead
of sentences.
Superior students have a na
In.* like speaking ability. Sis
km said These students can
sprat on a wide variety of sub
jec ts and express abstract tort
i epls
Siskin said most students
who lake tvyo years ol a foreign
language at the University
reac h the intermediate level He
said students who study oyer
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IFC begins 92-93 budget hearings
Hie Incidental Fee (uimmittee, is.> s> ven-mem
her group thill rat h year allocates Mudrnt let s to
tin- Athlete Department. tin- KMC i',t most Mu
dent groups, begun budget hearing' I uesduv tor
the !UU_’ 'll school year
The 11'C- will now meet every Tuesday and
Wednesday until i.ih April to dei i. ie on each
group s lunding lot next year A siimm.irv of e.e. h
weeks hearings will run m tile tunrrii./ on I re
days
At the Wednesday meeting the < umnutlee vot
ed on three budgets, increasing two and det leas
mg one
Aniii/uii to op (fluid (.are was adoi ated a
budget ol S_’b.5H‘i up from this year's Slf-l Lib
Idle additional money 'will provide lunds for stu
dent employ ees
Last year, the co-tip rati into a S . iittu delu it
when yvork study employees continued w irking
alter those lunds had run out
The Sludrnt //Isurgent n-cuived a slight in
i reuse Next year’s budget yslll he S4.HI7. up
slightly Irotti this year’s in reflei t in iri
t reuse in the cost ol production servit es. printing
and duplication
The Hong Kong Student Assot iatton lud its
current budget til SI,*101 t ut to SI.257 I he Il f
noted that not all of las! year’s allocated money
was spent, so funds were cut in advertising, audio
visual setup, reference and administrative line
items
At Tuesday's meeting, Students for ( hone and
Forensics Ixjlh received substantial increases, but
the business fraternity Alpha Kappa I’m was /ern
funded In addition, the lit: unanimously voted
down u special request from the ASt ’O lor S2.750
to cover costs for the planned recall elm turn ol
JoSonja VVutson
"The funding for this retail election is crucial
in order to assure the fairest, most t omplete pro
cess." ASUC) Flections Coordinator John flood
man said 'Student government on this i ampus is
under lire and w-e can't alford to jeopardi/e our
reputation any further "
Goodman found no sympathy from Il f - < hair
woman Lvdia Lerma
"1 don’t think all of the students at U of O
should have to pay fur the error that an lASL'O)
exet utivu made." Lerma said
The IFC rejected Alpha Kappa I’si s goal state
ment and refused to hear the group's $1H<» budget
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dec to rci eive !1( funds .t group mus| provitlt* .1
j»<>.* 1 statement explaining i.i.u it jir- y ides lor tin
"cultural and pin mi a I development' of students
II ( members who voted against Alpha Kappa
I’m found the organizahem loo narrowly tailored
! 1 ■ the interests o! husairs1. students
The 11(1 approved .111 amended budget o(
$1.00.1 for Students I nr ('hull i- a group that
yvurks m (uahlion will 1 community groups and
other universities lu protec I abortion rights and
to educate and register voters Last year the group
reient'd first-time funding of $700
There was some question as to whether tin
group's political nature would pr. . lude it hum
rec eiving IFC funds Oregon Key ised Statute
:i51 070 states "IFC hinds may not fie used to
fund an organization winch advocates, through
the expenditure of funds ballot measures before
(begun voters
Students For Choice is currently working with
the anti (KIA group No On Hale to defeat .in
OCA ballot initiative The group agreed to keep
li b hinds separate from funds used to yvurk on
explicit political Issues
The lie also approved a $h!,H-’(l request by the
University Forensics Program The ASCO recom
mendation was S! A .’‘Mi The inc rease w.is given
to cover transportation costs
The Forensics team argued that dming to lar
avvav tournaments, sm h as San Du-go aid Utah,
yyas taking a toil on its members that 1 ihi L id
to safety concerns In light of these 1 uncerns. the
IK dec ided to aiii tor plane travi
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