AGC 5220 - Classroom Communication Skills for Teaching Assistants

The major emphasis in this class is on developing the classroom communication skills necessary for effective teaching, which include fluency, use of discourse markers, the structural control needed for defining and explaining, and responding to questions. In addition, considerable attention is given to the communication skills necessary for effective interaction with undergraduate students, to meeting the communication needs of both the class as a whole and the individual student, and to the awareness of expectations of Teaching Assistants.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 9.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to effectively organize and deliver presentations for different types of classroom interaction.
Students will be able to speak clearly in different types of classroom interaction.
Students will be able to demonstrate effective interactional skills for different types of classroom interaction.
Students will be able to respond effectively to classroom questions.