Teaching Opportunities

Beginning in Fall 2009, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will be moving to a new Teaching Assistant system. We believe this system will better support our students with an active interest in teaching foreign languages. Under this system, TAs will be compensated with academic credits for classes that will now show their teaching experience directly on their transcript. Students will attend the team-taught pedagogical sessions and work closely with a faculty mentor on developing their teaching methods. They will also either assist in the master classroom with the instructor and/or teach an additional tutoring hour. All TAs will enroll in the following 2 courses (one in MDLL, one in their target language), on a pass/fail basis:

MDLL 401: Internship/ Practicum in Teaching Foreign Languages

Fall, 1 credit, MDLL faculty, Instructor Permission Required
A mentored teaching internship experience in foreign language pedagogy. Students will work closely with faculty to assist in fostering student language skills, learning while developing their own teaching skills.

412 in the Target Language (ie. CHIN 412, HISP 412, etc): Teaching Practicum

Fall and Spring, 1 credit, MDLL faculty, Instructor Permission Required
A mentored teaching internship experience for students to work closely with a faculty member in teaching either a language or content course.

Students interested in becoming a Teaching Assistant and enrolling in these courses should contact the Section Coordinators for more information and an application.