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...course material. This problem has become a growing issue at Harvard and seems to especially affect students taking courses in math and the sciences, where classes are often large and English is not necessarily internal to the subject matter. In an attempt to remedy this problem, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning launched a pilot class in which TFs who are not native English speakers could learn skills to break the cultural and communication barriers in the classroom and, after its initial success, extended the program past its pilot period. Though this is a step in the right...
...Bok Center has recently reemphasized its focus on acclimating the foreign TF through the new semester-long course that utilizes undergraduate perspectives to help graduate students better understand the Harvard classroom...
...success of the eight-person class in the fall semester compelled the Bok Center to offer a second section in the spring. The Center accepted 16 of the 40 graduate students who applied for a spot in the class...
...seeking to improve the teaching skills of foreign TFs, the Bok Center course benefits both the graduate students—many of whom may later assume teaching posts—and their undergraduate students, Pollock says...
...With the Bok Center course, Pi receives the undergraduate input she says is important for her to understand what College students expect in the classroom...