GRAD 5981 and GRAD 5991

The ITA Program consists of two semester-long courses:

GRAD 5981: ITA Training: Oral Proficiency
GRAD 5991: ITA Training: Presentation Skills

If you do not get a 50 (SPEAK or TSE) or a 26 (Speaking Skills section of TOEFL iBT) then you should consider taking the GRAD 5981 Oral Proficiency course. If you do not pass the ITA Test, you will be required to register for at least one credit in one of the ITA Training courses before you will be able to take the ITA Test again. For advice as to which course you should take, contact Dr. Halleck. 

The Oral Proficiency Class
This course focuses on pronunciation, fluency, grammar and comprehensibility, with particular emphasis on extensive pronunciation practice outside of class.

The Presentation Skills Class
The course emphasizes language and teaching skills specifically related to classroom management, such as asking and answering questions appropriately, preparing and using visuals, appropriate levels of language, and techniques to improve total comprehensibility. As part of the class work for this course, students prepare various types of presentations which they give to the class and which may be video-taped. The instructor and the student view the tapes together in individual tutorials.

English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9474
For Information about English Programs: english.information@okstate.edu
Webmaster: engweb@okstate.edu