Presentation for teachers with LA in class

1. Language Teaching Assistants
A source of help, not a burden

2. Who is a Language Assistant?

3. What to expect from a
Language Teaching
Assistant

4. So what should be done?

6. Key Roles of a LA in the classroom
Co-teacher
the teacher explains the theory and the LA guides exercises
Speaker
the LA leads a presentation about a given topic
Linguistic Marker
when students work on individual/group projects the LA helps
them and later when they present them in class, the teacher
evaluates the content while the LA corrects the language

7. Other relevant roles:
 A model of authentic pronunciation, intonation and usage of the language,
for students and teachers alike.
A visitor that will broaden your school life with their contributions.
A role model from a foreign English-speaking country who is here to share
their culture, customs, experiences and interests of all sorts.
 A great help to prepare resources and activities.
Coach of different school and extracurricular activities.