Attention:
Graduate Departments

Are you looking for a way to help new international graduate teaching assistants in your department prepare for and adjust to learning and teaching in an English-speaking environment? If so, the Academic Culture and English Skills (ACES) Summer Program for ITAs may be of interest to you and your department. The English Language Center is pleased to be able to offer the ACES Summer Program for ITAs online this summer from July 26th to August 13th. This three-week program focuses on helping incoming international graduate teaching assistants transition smoothly and confidently to an English-speaking academic environment. Through a combination of highly interactive online synchronous class sessions and asynchronous tasks, participants will have the opportunity to strengthen their oral communication skills in English and develop an understanding of the American educational system, in general, and the roles and expectations of TAs and undergraduate students at MSU, in particular. The program is open to incoming international graduate students from all departments at the request of their departments. For additional information about the program or to register students, departments can contact Alissa Cohen, ITA Program Coordinator, at cohenal@msu.edu no later than May 21, 2021.