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	Felicity Douglas Graduate College SPEAK/TEACH Coordinator
	The SPEAK/TEACH Office, 201 Lab of Mechanics Phone (515)294-1958 You can contact me by email at fdouglas@iastate.edu Our office is generally open Monday - Thursday, 8:30am-4:30pm The next SPEAK and TEACH tests will be in Dead Week. You should register for them on Monday December 8, 8:30am-12noon, in our office.

Felicity Douglas
Graduate College SPEAK/TEACH Coordinator

The SPEAK/TEACH Office,
201 Lab of Mechanics
Phone (515)294-1958

You can contact me by email at fdouglas@iastate.edu

Our office is generally open Monday - Thursday, 8:30am-4:30pm

The next SPEAK and TEACH tests will be in Dead Week. You should register for them on Monday December 8, 8:30am-12noon, in our office.

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

JOB DESCRIPTION

My job involves organizing the oral proficiency testing and training of international TAs, helping with the TA College Teaching Seminar, and developing and distributing the ISU TA handbook. For a brief description of the ITA testing and training program, Click here

TEACHING

I have taught English as a second language classes in the English department and IEOP (ISU's intensive English Program) since 1985, focusing particularly on the writing and oral communication skills graduate students need. I have also taught freshman composition and introductory linguistics. More recently I have been working with international TAs, helping them improve their oral English,teaching skills, and cultural awareness. This semester I'm teaching English/University Studies 180A

CLASSES

This semester I'm taking a TESL/Applied Linguistics class, Computers and Applied Linguistics CALL 526x

In this class we are studying

computer mediated communication
computer assisted language lessons
corpus linguistics and its uses in language learning
the internet, web pages, and interactive computer assignments

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Currently I'm involved in two research projects

comparing how new international teaching assistants tested on an experimental computer-scored oral English test they took over the telephone, Phonepass, with how they scored on the SPEAK and TEACH tests.
discovering the criteria different academic disciplines use when mentoring their TAs, and finding ways to improve feedback to TAs about their teaching skills.

LINKS TO ITA PROGRAM HOMEPAGES

PERSONAL INFORMATION

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