ALS 5780

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ALS 5780
International Teaching Assistant Program Course

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

The International Teaching Assistant Program's (ITAP) foundational course, ALS 5780, provides an opportunity for multilingual graduate students to develop the oral communication skills necessary to be successful in their graduate programs, with emphasis on the skills they may need for teaching in the Cornell classroom. Through weekly classes, conferences with instructors, peer feedback and weekly assignments, students will work on advancing their oral English comprehensibility, pronunciation accuracy and improve their impromptu speaking skills. This course is designed for those working towards meeting the Language Proficiency requirement for teaching at Cornell University.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ITA Language Assessment or permission of ITAP.

Permission Note Priority given based on: immediacy of TA assignment.

Outcomes

  • Narrate and describe in all major time frames.
  • Engage in spontaneous 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 paragraphs, using connected discourse.
  • Self-assess one's own oral language proficiency.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  1713 ALS 5780   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

  • 21407 ALS 5780   LEC 006

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA) who are studying away from the Ithaca campus. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  1714 ALS 5780   LEC 002

  •  
    • MW Clark Hall 247
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Samuel, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  1715 ALS 5780   LEC 003

  •  
    • MW Kennedy Hall 105
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Samuel, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  1991 ALS 5780   LEC 004

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  2055 ALS 5780   LEC 005

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21470 ALS 5780   LEC 007

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.