ABSTRACT

When the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to do in-person, on campus testing, we were forced to create a new system to screen International Teaching Assistants (ITA) for Temple university. We used this opportunity to address many of the concerns and problems that we had identified with the previous test, and created a new test that could be administered virtually. The new test (the TU ITA Test) makes it possible to test potential ITAs at any time, allowing departments to make instructor placement decisions far in advance. The TU ITA Test also seems to better assess ITAs’ interactional competence than the previous test, suggesting it might be a more valid ITA screening measure.

摘要

当COVID-19大流行导致无法亲自进行校园测试时，我们被迫创建一个新系统来筛选天普大学的国际助教（ITA）。我们利用这次机会解决了先前测试中发现的许多关注和问题，并创建了可以虚拟管理的新测试。新的测试（TU ITA测试）使随时可以测试潜在的ITA成为可能，从而使各部门可以提前做出决策。与以前的测试相比，TU ITA测试似乎还可以更好地评估ITA的交互能力，这表明它可能是更有效的ITA筛选方法。