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Maximize your Skills: Guide to Being an ESL TA

Gain valuable insights, teaching tips, and communication strategies as an ESL TA to enhance your personal and professional growth. Explore the benefits and student expectations while overcoming communication challenges. Presented by Iman Moazzen, highlighting practical advice and hands-on experiences.

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Maximize your Skills: Guide to Being an ESL TA

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  1. Working as an International TA: Brilliant Chance to Develop your Personal and Professional Skills Presented by: ImanMoazzen

  2. My Teaching Experience • Tutorial TA (four time) • Lab TA (two times) • Academic Assistant (four times) • Marker (one time) • Lab Manager

  3. Outline • Highlighting the benefits of working as an ESL TA • What students expect from you as a TA (Tutorial and Lab TA) • What you should expect from students • Teaching tips for ESL TAs • How to overcome potential problems of communications

  4. Benefit of working as an ESL TA • Great on your Resume • Improve your English • Improve your Presentation & Personal Skills • Test Innovative Teaching Methods • Learn Logistics • Make a lot of Friends • Earn Money

  5. Students’ Expectations for Tutorial TAs • Organized (systematic approach)

  6. Signal Representation in Frequency • Fourier Series

  7. What does Frequency mean? Frequency Means How Fast a Signal is Changing If the signal is changing very fast: high frequencies If the signal is changing very slowly: low frequencies

  8. Explaining Frequency using Music Slow Song Fast Song

  9. Filtering

  10. Students’ Expectations for Tutorial TAs • Organized (plan & time) • Knowledgeable • Confident • Approachable (answering questions & dedicating extra time & answering emails)

  11. Students’ Expectations for Lab TAs • Knowledgeable • Treat all groups the same • Be specific about lab report and marking rubrics • Mark lab report till next lab (technical content)

  12. What you should expect from students • Professional Behavior

  13. Teaching tips for ESL TAs • Get prepared for each class • Speak as simple as possible • Try to speak loud and slow • Check if students follow what you are saying • Don’t worry about your English

  14. How to overcome potential problems of communications • Practice • What to do if you don’t understand the question

  15. General Suggestions • Personal Homepage • Handout

  16. Conclusions • Organized • Well Prepared • Approachable • Speak as simple as possible • Loud and clear voice • Don’t worry about your English

  17. Thanks for your attention 17

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