FUNCTIONS AND EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS

The use of teaching assistants for undergraduate instruction at many r esearch universities is becoming increasingly controversial. This stud y investigated issues and potential solutions connected with the use o f nonnative English-speaking international teaching assistants (ITAs) at a large Midwestern university. The findings reported are based on t riangulated data from surveys of four major stakeholder groups (course supervisors, native-English-speaking TAs, ITAs, and undergraduates), selected interviews, and analyses of written records.