North American universities depend on International Teaching assistants (ITAs) as a substantial part of the Teaching labor force, which has led to the idea of an \'ITA problem\', a deficiency model which is framed as a divergence between ITAs\' linguistic competence and undergraduates\' and their parents\' expectations.
This book argues instead for an Approach to ITA which recognizes them as.
This outdated positioning of ITAs as deficient diminishes the invaluable role they play within the academy.
North American universities depend on International Teaching assistants (ITAs) as a substantial part of the Teaching labor force, which has led to the idea of an \'ITA problem\', a deficiency model which is framed as a divergence between ITAs\' linguistic competence and undergraduates\' and their parents\' expectations