99-452 Language and Culture for Teaching
3 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Language and Culture for Teaching is a 3unit passfail workshop to help graduate students who are nonnative English speakers begin to develop the skills needed to be successful as International Teaching Assistants ITAs. Students will gain a better understanding of the US classroom and culturally appropriate teaching techniques as well as become better prepared to take on the role of instructor. Students will also learn how to better communicate their knowledge and expertise to learners by 1 working on aspects of pronunciation crucial for the classroom, 2 developing an awareness of key aspects of robust teaching fluency, 3 having frequent opportunities to practice robust teaching fluency, and 4 learning compensation strategies for their individual language problems. Each student will have the opportunity to give a videotaped presentation on a topic from his or her field and then to meet with the instructor for extensive feedback and coaching. Prerequisite Permission from the Intercultural Communication Center ICC. Please email ICC at iccclassesandrew.cmu.edu.
Prerequisites: none listed
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