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Publication Date: 1989
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TAs on TV: Demonstrating Communication Strategies for International Teaching Assistants.
Douglas, Dan; Myers, Cindy
English for Specific Purposes, v8 n2 p169-79 1989
Describes a technique for videotaping classroom performances of native and international teaching assistants (ITA) to teach ITAs about specific, definable English language skills, U.S. academic culture and pedagogical performance, and to help them develop communications strategies for coping with largely undefinable future communicative needs. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, College Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Job Performance, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Skills, Training Methods, Videotape Recordings
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Language: English
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