This course provides regular supervision and practical instruction for teaching ESL of all ESL teaching assistants. Students will meet with James Robinson, the ESL Director, by appointment as often as four times a week to prepare for their ESL teaching assignment. Enrollment is limited to the IEC GAs. The course provides ongoing assistance and supervision of graduate assistants. Students attend weekly meetings during which they share and discuss problems related to teaching reading, writing, structure, listening, cultural orientation, discussion, and oral presentation in the Intensive English Center.
Students also discuss selected readings provided by the instructor.
These internships are team-teaching experiences with faculty members at the colleges and, like the internships done at SCSU, generate credit under an internship number. Admission by consent of the graduate program director. Required of English graduate assistants assigned to the Write Place every semester they tutor, but the number of credits that may be counted toward the degree is three. Enrollment is limited to Write Place GAs. Students attend weekly meetings and discuss selected readings.