ALS 5780

ALS 5780

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

The International Teaching Assistant Program's (ITAP) foundational course, ALS 5780, provides an opportunity for multilingual graduate students to develop the oral communication skills necessary to be successful in their graduate programs, with emphasis on the skills they may need for teaching in the Cornell classroom. Through weekly classes, conferences with instructors, peer feedback and weekly assignments, students will work on advancing their oral English comprehensibility, pronunciation accuracy and improve their impromptu speaking skills. This course is designed for those working towards meeting the Language Proficiency requirement for teaching at Cornell University.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Permission Note Priority given based on: immediacy of TA assignment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ITA Language Assessment or permission of ITAP.

Outcomes
  • Narrate and describe in all major time frames.
  • Engage in spontaneous conversation about topics of personal and general interest/current events.
  • Accurately communicate ideas to listeners who are not accustomed to talking to non-native speakers.
  • Speak in paragraphs, using connected discourse.
  • Self-assess one's own oral language proficiency.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  1122 ALS 5780   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gabler, J

      Samuel, D

      Srinivasan, J

      Veshcherevich, R

      Wu, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  1549 ALS 5780   LEC 002

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gabler, J

      Samuel, D

      Srinivasan, J

      Veshcherevich, R

      Wu, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 10416 ALS 5780   LEC 003

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gabler, J

      Samuel, D

      Srinivasan, J

      Veshcherevich, R

      Wu, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA). Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 18414 ALS 5780   LEC 004

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gabler, J

      Samuel, D

      Srinivasan, J

      Veshcherevich, R

      Wu, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    Enrollment limited to: graduate international teaching assistants (TA) who are studying away from the Ithaca campus. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed.