ALS 5800

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ALS 5800
International Teaching Assistant Program: Directed Study

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

The International Teaching Assistant Program's Directed Study course, ALS 5800, is designed for multilingual graduate students working toward meeting the Language Proficiency requirement for teaching at Cornell University. Through regular interaction with the instructor, participants will set goals and develop a personal plan of study to advance their English oral communication skills.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ALS 5780 and ALS 5790.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023FA

Outcomes

  • Expand English proficiency to communicate effectively as a Teaching Assistant.
  • Narrate and describe in all major time frames.
  • Engage in conversation about topics of personal and general interest/current events.
  • Accurately communicate ideas (to listeners who are not accustomed to talking to non-native speakers).
  • Speak in connected paragraphs, using transitions.
  • Self-assess one's own oral language proficiency.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  2383 ALS 5800   IND 601

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Gabler, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: ALS 5780 and ALS 5790. Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA).