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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Rebecca Oreto, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| ARTICLES |
| PRE-ADMISSION ITA ONLINE ORAL INTERVIEW |
| Zsuzsa Cziracky Londe, James Valentine, & Robert A. Filback, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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In our presentation at TESOL 2012, we introduced the idea of a
pre-admission, online oral testing tool for international teaching
assistants (ITAs) and explained why it should be limited in use to a
preliminary, nondefinite testing instrument. Read More |
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| HELPING STUDENTS RECOGNIZE CULTURAL VARIATIONS IN DISCOURSE STYLE |
| Cara Costello, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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How does culture influence discourse style? Why do many ITAs
struggle communicating even when they have a strong command of English
grammar and vocabulary? This article examines these questions and
discusses a two-hour workshop designed to make students more aware of
these issues. Read More |
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| ABOUT THE COMMUNITY |
| WHAT IS THE ITAIS? |
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| CALL FOR ARTICLES! |
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| Call for Articles! |
Next ITAIS Newsletter: December, 2012. Accepting article submissions until October 26th.
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