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Mid-Atlantic International Teaching Assistants (MAITA) Conference, Fall 2006

The International Teaching Assistants Program at Temple University is pleased to host the Mid-Atlantic International Teaching Assistants Networking Conference in the Fall of 2006.

Online registration for MAITA is no longer available. You can still register on-site.

  • Date: Friday, October 20, 2006
  • Time: 9:00am.-4:00pm.
  • Place: Rm 111, TECH Center (It is #53 on the campus map)
               1101 W. Montgomery Ave.
               (between 13th St. & Montgomery Ave.)
     
  • Agenda (Click here to print out the agenda in PDF version)

    9:00-9:45 a.m.       Conversation over Coffee and Breakfast

    9:45-10:00 a.m.     Welcoming Remarks
                                   

    10:00-11:00 a.m.  Plenary Speaker,     Dr. Paula Golombek,
                                          Penn State University
                                          "Corpus-informed instruction and
                                      academic discourse awareness in an ITA
                                      Program: Learning to use symbolic
                                      power responsibly in the classroom"

    11:00-12:00 p.m. ITA Program Development at Temple &
                                     Cornell Universities
                                     "ITA Program Innovations", 
                                     Lydia Perez-Velez, Temple University
                                     "Use of video recording in Education 10",
                                     Bei Zhou, Temple University
                                    "    ITA Program development in Cornell
                                     University”, Theresa Pettit, Cornell
                                     University

    12:00-1:00 p.m.   Lunch

    1:00-2:00 p.m.     ITA Research by TESOL Graduate Students
                                    at Temple University
                                    "    An investigation into International
                                    Teaching Assistants’ (ITAs) personal
                                    epistemologies: TAs’ social role in U.S.
                                    undergraduate classrooms",     Eunhee Seo
                                    "    Identity and second language speaker: A
                                    case study of two International Teaching
                                    Assistants (ITAs) in an American
                                    University    ", Tina Hu
                                    "    Impact of ITA training on the linguistic and
                                    pedagogical practices of Indian Engineering
                                    ITAs    , Shubhada Menon

    2:00-3:00 p.m.     Open Forum for Discussion
                                    "    How can we use this information to
                                    improve ITA practices at our institutions?"
                                   
    3:00-3:30 p.m.     iBT TOEFL Scores & Graduate Admissions
                                    Dr. Barbara Hoekje, Drexel University

    3:30-3:45 p.m.     Wrap-UP and Next Steps 
  • Parking Information
    Parking is available at the Liacouras Parking Garage (15th & Montgomery Ave). Click here to view the garage map.
    For those who are driving, you may have to pay $10 in cash upon the entry to the garage, which can be reimbursed.)
     
  • Directions to Temple
    Click here to view the directions to Temple's main campus where the MAITA meeting will take place.
    Click here to view the printable version (PDF) of the directions.
     
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