Overcoming Your Own Pronunciation Challenges: A workshop for international TAs

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Wednesday October 3, 2018
      5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Location: DM Smith 207
  • Phone:
  • URL: Language Institute
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
Contact

R. Katherine Samford
Campus Coordinator/Senior Lecturer, Language Institute
katherine.samford@pe.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Current and future international TAs will learn techniques to improve communication in the classroom

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Have you ever felt frustrated because the person you are talking to doesn’t understand you and you can’t figure out why? Could you identify those “blockers” and “distractors” in pronunciation that are interfering with others’ ability to comprehend your speech? Attend this workshop to learn tools that will help you self-monitor for your personal language barriers in order to improve communication in the classroom as well as in personal interactions.

REGISTER

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Invited Audience
Graduate students
Categories
Career/Professional development
Keywords
grad-ctl, graduate students
Status
  • Created By: Kate Williams
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:49pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:49pm