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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Elizabeth Gillstrom, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT |
| Stephen Looney, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Maureen Templeman, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| WAYS TO EVALUATE RATER TRAINING FOR ITA PERFORMANCE TESTS |
| Greta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA & Dale Griffee, ELS Language Centers, Lubbock, Texas, USA |
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This is the second of a two-part series which recounts
principled changes made to a rater training program for an ITA teaching
simulation test. Using a new model to design and then evaluate the rater
training process as a backdrop, the authors show how they did the rater
training evaluation and what the results were. Read More |
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| CAN TOEFL IBT SCORES PREDICT ITA TEACHING PERFORMANCE? |
| Elvis Wagner, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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ITAs usually need to take some sort of language proficiency
test to demonstrate that they have the oral English proficiency needed
to be a university instructor. Do higher oral proficiency scores predict
higher teaching evaluations? This study examined the extent to which
TOEFL iBT Speaking and Listening scores could predict ITA teaching
performance, as measured by student evaluations of their ITA
instructors. Read More |
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| EXTRA CATEGORY |
| TEACHING TIP: SELF-EVALUATION ACTIVITIES FOR VIDEO-RECORDED ITA PRESENTATIONS |
| Jennifer Grill, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA & Maria Beatriz Mendoza, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA |
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This Teaching Tip presents three activities that can be used to
help ITAs evaluate their own video-recorded teaching presentations
while also building their fluency skills. Read More |
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