ERIC Number: ED285512
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 68
Abstractor: N/A
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The Foreign TA: A Guide to Teaching Effectiveness.
Gburek, Janice L., Ed.; Dunnett, Stephen C., Ed.
Articles on teaching effectiveness for foreign teaching assistants (TAs) are presented. Topics include: adapting to the U.S. academic environment, understanding the role of the TA and gaining confidence, anticipating undergraduates' expectations, improving communication skills, and teaching laboratory classes and recitation classes. Titles and authors are: "Reflections by a Foreign TA" (Han Srinivasan); "Teaching Competency of Foreign TAs Does Not Rest on Language Alone" (Y. G-M. Lulat, J. Weiler); "Overcoming the Conflict between Asian TAs and American Students" (Toshiya Kuroda); "The TA as a Student and Teacher" (Michael J. Serino); "How to Get Along with Undergraduates" (Jack M. Witt); "Undergraduates from the Foreign TA Perspective" (Mehran Mostajir); "My Experience with Foreign TAs" (Albert Chan); "The Language Barrier Can Be Broken" (Sanjay Paul); "Communicating Without Words" (Connie Van Zelm); "Listening Is Speaking" (Sungran Cho); "How to Be a Confident Foreign TA" (Amy Chang); "Know Thy Strengths and Weaknesses" (S. Cho); "How to Become a Confident TA" (Paul A. Basinski); "Suggestions for Lab Instructors" (Robert A. Phillips); "Teaching Advanced Laboratory Courses" (Carolyn Wechter); "Respect and Enthusiasm in the Recitation" (Michael A. Biernik); "Suggestions for Recitation Instructors in the Hard Sciences" (Zoran Pazameta); and "Suggestions for Engineering Recitations" (Shabbir Aamir). (SW)
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: State Univ. of New York, Buffalo.
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