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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Stephen Daniel Looney, Penn State University-University Park, State College, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT |
| Derina Samuel, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY |
| Morag Burke, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Laura Murphy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA |
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| ARTICLES |
| BUILDING BUY-IN FOR ITA PROGRAMS: YOUR WEBSITE SAYS IT ALL |
| Rebecca Oreto, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Websites can be powerful tools for building buy-in for
international teaching assistant (ITA) programs, but a study of the
websites of six ITA programs shows that they are not being used
effectively. This article details the study and discusses how ITA
programs can use their websites to showcase their expertise more
successfully. Read More |
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| LANGUAGE AND TEACHING: EVANESCENT BUT NOT INVISIBLE |
| Stephen Daniel Looney, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA |
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This article discusses the use of video and transcription to
make language and teaching visible. The analysis focuses on a
transcribed excerpt from a university mathematics course, drawing
attention to the interplay between prosody and gesture, and discuss how
the excerpt might be used in ITA preparation. I point out that while
language and teaching may be evanescent in the moment they are
nonetheless visible and made re-visible through the use of video and
transcription. Read More |
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| BOOSTING ITAS' TEACHING SPEECH CONFIDENCE WITH VOICETHREAD: EXAMPLES FROM ITA TRAINING COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA |
| Taewoong Kim & Jessica Reynolds, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA |
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This article shares examples and insights about using
VoiceThread, a Web 2.0 voice-sharing application, to bolster ITAs’
English fluency and teaching speech confidence. For two years, the
authors have used VoiceThread in the classroom for self-speech
recording, feedback sharing, and video recording. Trainee feedback,
pedagogical implications, and limitations are discussed. Read More |
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| A DIRECTION FOR FUTURE RESEARCH IN THE ITA FIELD |
| Michael D. Amory & Stacy A. Suhadolc, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA |
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In this article, the authors propose a future direction of
research for the ITA field. Recognizing the importance of previous
research, Amory and Suhadolc suggest that there should be closer
scrutiny and examination of how ITAs are learning and developing in and
through ITA training programs to assess the impacts of programmatic
choices. Read More |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| WHAT IS THE ITA INTEREST SECTION? |
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