ESL Teaching Assistant Academic English

Facilitate student-centered English learning at the University of Ottawa Main Campus, using group work and task-based instruction in person. Support Academic Entry in English.

As a Teaching Assistant for ESL 105 W100, you will help prepare and deliver lessons within a teacher-provided framework. The course develops listening, reading, speaking, and writing through grammar, vocabulary, study skills, IT resources, learning strategies, and intercultural competence. You will attend group meetings and report on class activities.

• Assist with preparing lessons from the teachers' framework
• Assist with delivering student-centered English lessons
• Facilitate group work through task-based learning
• Attend group meetings with teaching staff
• Report on class activities and student learning

• Excellent command of the English language
• Ability to explain English verb systems and sentence structure
• Ability to explain academic vocabulary to second-language learners
• Capacity to facilitate student-centered, task-based group work
• Previous ESL training or classroom experience is an asset

Bring English instruction, academic vocabulary, and interactive facilitation skills to ESL 105 at the University of Ottawa.