Oral Skills Non-credit Course for International Teaching Assistants

The non-credit course, Oral Skills for International Teaching Assistants, offers extensive practice in English pronunciation and presentation skills, and the course includes familiarization with academic culture and norms. The class meets weekly for one two-hour session and each participant also meets weekly one-on-one with the instructor for individual practice and feedback on speaking skills. Each student will take the UW-Milwaukee Teaching Assistant Assessment (MITAA) at the end of the course and be given a final MITAA score.

Spring 2010 Class schedule: February 5 – April 30, 2010 MITAA score and advance registration required. Deadline for registration is February 1, 2010. Tutition: $1,000

Class is reserved for graduate students with teaching assistantship appointments. However, students who do not have a teaching assistantship appointment may receive permission to register on a space available basis. All students must take the MITAA prior to registration.

For any questions about the class, please contact the ESL Programs Office Director or the ITA Coordinator, Mark Sondrol.

ESL Programs Office:
  Room: Curtin Hall 672, Phone: (414) 229-5757, e-mail: esl@uwm.edu

ESL ITA Coordinator: Mark Sondrol
  Room: Curtin Hall 686, Phone: (414) 229-4891, e-mail: sondrol@uwm.edu