ITAIS Newsletter, October 2024
Letter From the Chair
Sarah Emory, The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Letter from the Chair-Elect
Morag C. Burke, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Letter from the Editors
Elka Kristó Nagy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Ekaterina Arshavskaya, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
“Plane” Language: (one of) ITA Trainers’ Challenges
Dr. Roger W. Anderson, Monterey, California, USA
The article explores the linguistic intricacies of English in various contexts, including ITAs.
Teaching the “Moves” of an Office Hour to Teaching Assistants
Robyn Brinks Lockwood, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
The article shares tips on teaching the language and structure of the genre of office hours to ITAs.
The ABCs of ACTFL Certification - Moving from Concept to Completion
Jayasri Srinivasan, Alice Wu, Jody Gabler, Mila Vescherevich, and Derina Samuel, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
The article shares the steps towards ACTFL certification.
Students as ChatGPT Prompt Engineers – A Sample Email Writing Activity
Cynthia DeRoma, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
The piece shares tips on using AI tools for teaching ITAs.
An ITA Program at the Center of Graduate Student Professional Development: Approaches, Context, Positioning for Success
Pamela Pollock, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The article shares some practical and conceptual ideas on the current state and the future of ITAs’ programs in the U.S