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International Student Programs

The Teaching Support Centre offers communication and orientation programs for International Graduate Students at Western. These programs are designed to help international students make the transition to living in Canada, and they also allow students to develop English language skills for the classroom.

International Teaching Assistant Day is a half-day conference held in early September, while the other courses are offered at various times throughout the year.

• International Teaching Assistant Day (ITA Day)
• Communication in the Canadian Classroom Series

• Communication in the Canadian Classroom
• Teaching in the Canadian Classroom

• The Language of...

• Teaching in Engineering
• Teaching in the Sciences
• Research
• Conference Presentations
• The Language of Academic Interviews
• The Language of Difficult Conversations
• The Language of Advanced Discussions

• Pathways to Canadian Academia

 

Communication Strategies for International Graduate Students (CSIGS) are e-manuals primarily for international and newcomer graduate students to familiarize them with the norms of communication in Canada and the United States. International students need to be familiar with norms about communication in order to be successful when they teach, communicate with their supervisors, and apply for jobs, as cultural differences exist in all of these realms. Those who work with international students will benefit from reading CSIGS to become aware of alternate norms of communication in order to support, understand, and work productively with students from other cultural backgrounds.

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