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Orientation for English Teaching Assistants

Orientation for English Teaching Assistants. by Grace Jiau Annie Hung Department of English December, 2006. Good Experiences in Learning. Please share your GOOD experiences in learning English. Have you ever met a teacher who you think is HELPFUL to you in language learning?

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Orientation for English Teaching Assistants

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  1. Orientation for English Teaching Assistants by Grace Jiau Annie Hung Department of English December, 2006

  2. Good Experiences in Learning • Please share your GOOD experiences in learning English. • Have you ever met a teacher who you think is HELPFUL to you in language learning? • In what way, did the teacher help you?

  3. Good Experience in being a language tutor or teaching assistant • Have you ever been a language tutor or teaching assistant? • Share your good experiences in the process of tutoring or teaching your students.

  4. Advantages of being a language teaching assistant • What advantages can you gain from being a language teaching assistant?

  5. A Good Teaching Assistant…..

  6. A Good Teaching Assistant….. • Knows students’ needs • Is an effective communicator • Allows students to ask questions • Has classroom rules and procedures

  7. A Good Teaching Assistant….. • Encourages cooperation and sets an example • Respects all students • Encourages good performance • Dedicates him/herself to the assistant job

  8. A Good Teaching Assistant….. • Uses different methods to liven up lessons • Keeps students’ attention • Is patient

  9. A Good Teaching Assistant….. • Arrives in time to start a lesson and ends a lesson in time • Enjoys his/her job

  10. JOB DESCRIPTION

  11. IDENTIFY STUDENTS’ YEAR GROUP • IDENTIFY STUDENTS’ ENGLISH NAME • DIAGNOSE STUDENTS’ PROBLESM • DO PROBLEM-SOLVING

  12. PREPARE SUPPORT MATERIAL • DESIGN PRACTICE SHEET • ASSIGN HOMEWORK • PREPARE A FILE FOLDER FOR EACH STUDENT

  13. DESIGN RECORD SHEET/CHECKLIST FOR EACH COURSE • KEEP RECORD FOR EACH STUDENT • DOCUMENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  14. COURSE INTRODUCTION

  15. Course description • Course objectives • Syllabus • Textbooks

  16. Courses in different year group • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing

  17. Listening Speaking Writing Reading Listening Speaking by Miss Jiau 1st Year 2nd Year

  18. Writing Reading by Miss Hung Listening Speaking Writing Reading 2nd Year 3rd Year

  19. Questions

  20. Part I • How long is the course? • How many students do I have? • Who are they? (name, class) • How many subjects do they fail? What are they?

  21. What do they need? • What do they expect me (TA) to do? • What’s your plan?

  22. Part II

  23. Why do you decide to become a teaching assistant? • Have you ever taken care of someone? Did you enjoy it? • Are you a positive and energetic person? (Give an example to back up your answer.)

  24. Are you an empathetic person? Give an example. • Tell me about yourself in two minutes. • How do you feel if a student does not meet a deadline?

  25. Imagine what will be the most frustrating/best thing that will happen to you as a teaching assistant? • Are there any ways you can do to encourage students to learn?

  26. How do you handle a student who seems gifted, but is a discipline problem? • What are your strengths? And what are your weaknesses?

  27. Can you give me two examples to show that you’ll be patient to help your students? • Would you do anything to help yourself to calm down when your students can not meet your needs?

  28. Data Collected from Group Discussion on Students’ Role and TA’s Role in Tutoring Process

  29. Motivation: get sth. they want Strong motivation Be relaxed while they studying with T Believe themselves Motivation: help SS to get what they want Help them to keep the motivation forever Build up their trust between S and T Help them to build up their confidence Student’s role Teacher’s role

  30. Always give T the info. of their problems • Find out their own learning ways • Help SS to find out problems (why & what) and help them to solve them • Help them to find out their own learning ways

  31. Prepare Qs before the class (review/preview) Respect What T’s questions Effective communication Follow the rules Get well-prepared before the class Respect Know SS levels Effective communication Set up rules

  32. Write homework Ask Qs Prepare tests Discuss the tests with T Do their best Assign HW Solve their problems Give tests Discuss the tests with SS Encourage when SS perform well Adjust teaching methods

  33. Concentrate Good mood Be punctual Good attitude Active participation Patient Good mood Be punctual Good attitude Explain lessons clearly

  34. Give response Know their own problems Do exercises Believe T can help Believe T will find some ways out to help SS Know what are SS’s problems Give proper exercises Build up trust bet. T and S

  35. Takes notes Have passion Talk to TA about learning stress Be friends, but also show respect Be responsible Be optimistic Have confidence Stand in SS’s shoes Treat SS as a friend/be friendly

  36. Be creative Follow the steps Be brave to express their ideas Be open-minded See learning as a hobby and enjoy it Be free to tell T about real feeling and feedback Design the course in order Arise SS curiosity Use different teaching methods See teaching as a hobby Establish a pressure-free environment

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