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Gamagedara, Subhashini Herath.

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Understanding the challenges that international graduate teaching assistants (IGTAs) face in technical communication programs in the US.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Understanding the challenges that international graduate teaching assistants (IGTAs) face in technical communication programs in the US./
Author:	Gamagedara, Subhashini Herath.
Description:	84 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-02.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International52-02(E).
Subject:	Technical Communication. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1523719
ISBN:	9781303352386

Understanding the challenges that international graduate teaching assistants (IGTAs) face in technical communication programs in the US.
Gamagedara, Subhashini Herath.

Understanding the challenges that international graduate teaching assistants (IGTAs) face in technical communication programs in the US. - 84 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-02.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2013.

Graduate programs in the US enroll large numbers of international students who are employed as graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). The contribution that international GTAs make to the US economy, education system, and the advancement of science and technology is significant. The current study is an attempt to answer the following research questions.

ISBN: 9781303352386Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669287
Technical Communication.

Understanding the challenges that international graduate teaching assistants (IGTAs) face in technical communication programs in the US.
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500 $a Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 52-02.
500 $a Adviser: Kathryn Northcut.
502 $a Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2013.
520 $a Graduate programs in the US enroll large numbers of international students who are employed as graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). The contribution that international GTAs make to the US economy, education system, and the advancement of science and technology is significant. The current study is an attempt to answer the following research questions.
520 $a 1. What is the connection, if any, between the culture of the IGTA and the challenges they face?
520 $a 2. What challenges are specific to IGTAs and American GTAs (AGTAs) in Technical Communication at Missouri S&T?
520 $a 3. Do challenges that female and male IGTAs face differ?
520 $a A connection between the native cultures of the IGTAs and the challenges they face could not be made due to the small scale of the study. However, the three countries, China, Sri Lanka and India, represented by 6, 8, and11 IGTAs show a slight difference in the extent to which their native national cultures have an influence on the IGTAs' role as instructors.
520 $a Kachru's model of world Englishes (1992a) was used to find out the connection between IGTAs' background in using English and how often they face language related challenges. Results indicate that a majority of IGTAs from former British colonies face less challenges, as students and instructors, than a majority of IGTAs from countries that started using English as a global communication tool.
520 $a Challenges specific to GTAs in the Technical Communication program include not having computer labs at all or with the software Camtasia for teaching, not having a background in Technical Communication, and having to deal with students who have a negative attitude toward Technical Communication.
520 $a The study shows that female IGTAs face more challenges more frequently than male IGTAs on Missouri S&T campus both as students and instructors. Areas that are more challenging to female IGTAs than male IGTAs are culture, language, and competency.
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