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Teaching Assistant Assignment

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In my estimation success as a teacher is primarily dependent upon two qualities: on the one hand the professional skill, and on the other hand the ability to inspire learners. Working as a foreign language assistant (FLA) in the US can be considered as the ideal opportunity to refine one’s qualities in those realms. Concerning the professional skill, actually living in an English-speaking environment offers the best chance to perfect the language facility I have acquired during my studies. And all of the experiences, encounters and discoveries of an Anglophone country with its culture, its people and its nature provide a background for future teachers that can be shared, thus firing pupils with enthusiasm and motivation.
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In spite of being in a subordinate, assisting role, I would like to take on responsibility for the learning progress and offer support for learners with special needs in order to take some of that load off the teacher’s shoulders. To me, successful language learning heavily depends on communication in the target language. Therefore I would also like to offer projects or extracurricular activities that promote conversations. Besides, I personally believe that teaching assistants represent German culture and can, at the same time, make their contribution towards spreading the image of a democratic and open-minded Germany that strongly opposes radical right-wing and inhuman …show more content…

There I was not only able to apply my knowledge, but to also review, scrutinise and adjust my teaching methods. I would really like to incorporate my enthusiasm for the German culture, language, literature and art into the lessons and thereby provide motivating incentives to the learners. As I have already lived in Southern Germany and in Berlin and got to spend holidays at many different places all around Germany, I feel qualified to familiarize the students with the diversity of my homeland. Beyond the valuable personal experiences and impressions that living abroad brings along, I specifically hope to become acquainted with different pedagogical concepts that are typical for the US. Besides, I am intrigued with gaining deep insights into aspects of didactics and pedagogics that do not stem from the German educational culture. In doing so I intend to align newly gained experiences with already existing concepts of good teaching. I am particularly interested in the quality of inclusion as well as in the utilised learning material. Last but not least the role of teachers in general presents a captivating learning field to me. In summary, I fondly hope that working as a teaching assistant in the US will enrich those realms and

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