The content of each course was thus dictated by the assigned texts. No direct control was exerted over the instructors to conform to a specific lesson plan. The instructors, however, were encouraged to coordinate their class with the other instructors teaching the same materials, either through face-to-face meetings or by keeping a log into which each could report their progress. (The teachers for the TOEIC treatment reading classes, in particular, taught on different days and thus rarely had a chance to meet each other in person