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ERIC Number: EJ323938
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Colleges Try Tests and Training to Make Sure Foreign TA's Can Be Understood.
Heller, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v31 n2 p1,32-33 Sep 11 1985
Statistics show that colleges and universities have become more dependent on foreign graduate students to teach courses. As a result, more institutions are demanding that graduate students pass tests to demonstrate their ability to speak English. (MLW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Surveys, Teaching Assistants, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Test of Spoken English