EMI TA Online Training by 文昌英語

Reflection Questions

wcesenglish — 2025-07-20 23:33:10 UTC

What’s your EMI TA type? Does it feel right?
Which part of the description sounds like you?
What’s one strength this type brings to class?
What challenge might this type face?
Is there another type you want to grow into?

Reflection Questions

wcesenglish — 2025-07-22 04:42:28 UTC

Which of the Do’s feels most natural to you? Why?
Which Don’t do you think you might have done (or seen others do) before?
What challenges have you faced (or do you expect) when co-planning with an instructor?
What kinds of multimodal tools have you used or seen used effectively in class?

Your instructor’s slides are full of dense text and complex vocabulary. Students look confused during the lecture.

wcesenglish — 2025-07-22 23:27:43 UTC

→ What would you do? How can you provide feedback without offending the instructor?

The instructor asks you to "just observe" the class but doesn’t give you any chance to contribute before, during, or after class.

wcesenglish — 2025-07-22 23:28:54 UTC

→ How might you initiate a conversation to become more involved?

A student tells you privately that they don’t understand why they have to use English in group work.

wcesenglish — 2025-07-22 23:29:25 UTC

→ How would you explain the purpose of English use in that task?

You notice students are disengaged when the teacher only lectures. You think using pictures or examples could help.

wcesenglish — 2025-07-22 23:41:06 UTC

→ How can you introduce the idea of using multimodal tools?

You planned to co-teach a short activity, but the instructor forgets and keeps lecturing through it.

wcesenglish — 2025-07-22 23:41:30 UTC

→ How would you follow up after class?

Sophia 靖雅

2025-07-23 05:43:23 UTC

I feel EMI courses are very professional beyond my imagination
Much challenges I need to overcome no matter listening and speaking... everything
I don't know how to organise my ideas in English to express myself

Harry 秉紘

2025-07-23 05:44:06 UTC

The clarifier

I can try to explain the concept of what the lecturer just taught with some specific examples or demonstration.

But I sometimes struggle on the choice for providing examples since there are some foreign students in our EMI class, who don't actually understand what I just demonstrated.

Therefore, I also want to be a cultural builder, trying to eliminate the gap between students and teachers.

2025-07-23 06:18:54 UTC

Reply for Q3: The 'face issue' is a obvious challenge for me. Whenever I want to provide some solutions for the instructors who are overwhelmed by the specific situations in class, I always worry about the instructors who don't like my suggestion, because I'm too young for some senior instructors.

Harry 秉紘

2025-07-23 06:20:52 UTC

Sometimes when I finish the preparation (slides or worksheets), they don't meet the lecturer's expectation. (Different perspectives)

I have seen one professor (my homeroom teacher)using the platform named "classpoint" to show his slide. When he wants to ask the question to us, we can reply it through our mobile phone 📱

Sophia 靖雅

2025-07-23 06:22:29 UTC

When I atteed some classes from different teachers, I found that using English application or games in class , which is easlier to engage students involving the contents, and students look forward to answering questions and give feedback in the classroom.

The most challenges I faced with an instructor is to communicate the main concept into consensus in the end.