let me give a little detail about myself. i was born and raised in asia and then i went to high school in the US for a year and got my bachelor's degree from a US university. now i am doing my master's in the US as well. i like to think that i speak english fluently without any accent, and a lot of people have told me that they can't really tell that i am actually from outside of the US.
so i have been assigned as a teaching assistant. the stuff that i teach right now is a completely new thing for me, so basically i am learning with the students. but then i have to give them some explanation sometimes, and to be honest, sometimes i have a hard time to be really clear and descriptive when explaining things. i think it is because english is not my native language and also the stuff is something new to me, so basically i do a lot of preparation before the class. and today i taught again and i think it just went okay. i could have been better. it is just that sometimes it is hard for me to choose the rights words to explain things.
my concern is actually what the students think about me. cos i really want to be a great TA that the students can count on. and i don't want to be one of those international TAs that don't speak english fluently and i also don't want to fall into the stereotype of international TAs. i really want to stay away from that stereotype. at the end of the semester, the students will fill out an evaluation form for me, and i am kind of worried about it cos i dont think i am being very clear.
i mean i speak a really good english without any accent, but sometimes i can't quite be as effective as a native speaker. so i am really trying to improve my teaching skill really.
do i worry too much about this kind of stuff? what do you guys think?
so i have been assigned as a teaching assistant. the stuff that i teach right now is a completely new thing for me, so basically i am learning with the students. but then i have to give them some explanation sometimes, and to be honest, sometimes i have a hard time to be really clear and descriptive when explaining things. i think it is because english is not my native language and also the stuff is something new to me, so basically i do a lot of preparation before the class. and today i taught again and i think it just went okay. i could have been better. it is just that sometimes it is hard for me to choose the rights words to explain things.
my concern is actually what the students think about me. cos i really want to be a great TA that the students can count on. and i don't want to be one of those international TAs that don't speak english fluently and i also don't want to fall into the stereotype of international TAs. i really want to stay away from that stereotype. at the end of the semester, the students will fill out an evaluation form for me, and i am kind of worried about it cos i dont think i am being very clear.
i mean i speak a really good english without any accent, but sometimes i can't quite be as effective as a native speaker. so i am really trying to improve my teaching skill really.
do i worry too much about this kind of stuff? what do you guys think?