Graduate Teaching Associate Workshop
What is the Graduate Associate Teacher Training Workshop?
The Graduate Associate Teacher Training Workshop, also known as the 801/840 course, serves as the beginning to a continued process of professional development that will extend throughout the careers of foreign language teaching associates at The Ohio State University. Browse the link below for more detailed information.
The lectures, teaching practica, and materials presented in the morning and afternoon sessions will provide you with the basic tools and understandings that you will need to begin your development as a teacher of university-level language and culture.
Be sure to read the Workshop Guide. It will help you prior to your arrival in Columbus.
For further information contact:
Karen Sobul, E-mail:
sobul.1@osu.edu, Phone: 614-292-4361
OR your Language Department Coordinator
During the workshop you will ...
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Become familiar with basic theoretical and practical issues surrounding the learning and teaching of beginning language to adults
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Become familiar with the characteristics of OSU students, programs, and resources
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Develop skill in planning, organizing, and presenting instruction
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Become familiar with common techniques, technologies, and materials used in language instruction
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Learn a variety of strategies for monitoring learning, assessing student progress, and providing appropriate feedback
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Become more aware of learner differences, styles, and strategies
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Reflect critically on your own teaching, provide support and constructive feedback to others, and learn how to manage
Credits for the Course and Course Number:
As specified by each department. Note that this syllabus should be used in conjunction with your individual department's afternoon syllabus, where applicable.
Email Account Activation:
Go to any public computing site at the university and ask the lab monitor how to sign up online (there is one in 171 Hagerty Hall) or go to the OIT web page and follow the instructions.
