ALS 5790

International Teaching Assistant Development Program Course II

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The International Teaching Assistant Program (ITAP) supports all multilingual graduate students who are currently teaching or plan to teach in the future. Designed as a follow-up to ITAP's foundational course, this course involves highly interactive seminars, consultations with the instructor, and the development of a personalized set of language priorities to help students expand their spoken English proficiency.

Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 ALS 5780 or permission of ITAP. Corequisites: None.

Enrollment Priority REF-FA25 Priority given based on: immediacy of TA assignment.

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Outcomes REF-FA25

• Expand English proficiency in order to communicate effectively as a Teaching Assistant.
• Narrate and describe in all major time frames.
• Engage in spontaneous conversation about topics of personal and general interest/current events.
• Accurately communicate ideas (to listeners who are not accustomed to talking to non-native speakers).
• Speak in paragraphs using connected discourse.
• Self-assess one's own oral language proficiency.

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