<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Graduates:<br><br>Information you may need. If you plan to TA in a classroom this winter or spring quarter, you must take and pass the SPEAK test if you have not done so already. This is a state law so there is no way around this one! :)<br>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is to inform you that the SPEAK test for the beginning of Winter Quarter will be given on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 at 10:00 am in the lower level of Gordy Hall room 012 . Please have students come early for check-in. Please forward this information to anyone who needs to know in your department.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please register students by completing the attached form and sending it back to this email address (</span><a href="mailto:bikowski@ohio.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 63, 161);">bikowski@ohio.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">). You will need the following information:</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Your name, department, and contact information (phone, email)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Student’s name, last name first please</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Student’s P-number</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Student’s Oak email address if available</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Only departments can register students. Students cannot register themselves. We cannot test students who are not registered. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please inform any of your students who need to take the test to bring their Ohio University ID and come to the Lower Level of Gordy Hall by 9:45 am on January 5th. We will not inform students about the test, so please be sure they are aware of it.</span></div>
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<span><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Who should be tested:</span></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Any non-native English speaking student the department is considering for a teaching assistantship during the 2010-11 academic year who has not yet received English language proficiency clearance for instructional assignments should be tested. A teaching assistantship refers to any position in which the person must explain course content to students, whether in the classroom or a lab.</span></div>
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<span><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to be cleared for a teaching assignment:</span></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clearance for instructional assignments is granted once a student has achieved a score of 230 or higher (out of 300) on the SPEAK test. Students are also allowed to teach if they receive a 190 or higher and take a class concurrently. For more information on the test and Ohio University policies, please go to: </span><a href="http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/elip/speak.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 63, 161);">http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/elip/speak.html</span></a></div>
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<span><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Testing procedures:</span></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your department will be notified by phone or email of the SPEAK test results and student placements in a course if necessary. The scores will also be available on SIS on the OENG screen. The Graduate College will contact any departments with students on TA contracts who do not take the SPEAK test. The test is administered by the English Language Improvement Program in the Linguistics Department and is offered every quarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you and let me know if you have any questions.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Dawn Bikowski</div>
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Linguistics, Ohio University</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Gordy 367</div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="mailto:bikowski@ohio.edu" target="_blank">bikowski@ohio.edu</a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">740-593-0201</div>
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<div><p></p><p><font size="2" color="#333399" face="Tahoma">Dr. Teresa Franklin</font><font size="2" color="#333399" face="tahoma"><br>Professor, Instructional
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Studies</font><font size="2" color="#333399" face="tahoma"><br>Gladys W. & David H. Patton
College of Education and Human Services</font><font size="2" color="#333399" face="tahoma"><br>Ohio University</font><font size="2" color="#333399" face="tahoma"><br>Athens, OH 45701</font><font size="2" color="#333399" face="tahoma"><br>
740-593-4561 (office)</font><font size="2" color="#333399" face="tahoma"><br>740-593-0477 (fax)</font><font size="2" face="tahoma"><br>also: <a href="mailto:franklinteresa@gmail.com" target="_blank">franklinteresa@gmail.com</a></font></p>
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