Teaching Assistants
教學助理
Foreign students at American colleges and universities may earn money after they successfully complete an entry-level study program.
美國大學里的留學生在完成初級課程后,可以打工掙錢。
Those wishing to continue their education could work as a teaching assistant, or T.A.
如果有意繼續學業,他們可以擔任教學助理,即助教。
A teaching assistant usually works about twenty hours each week.
助教通常一周工作20小時,
Teaching assistants are paid to help professors teach students in entry-level study programs.
他們協助教授進行初級課程的教學,并從中得到報酬。
Generally, the professor gives a talk, or lecture, to a large group of students one or two times a week.
一般來說,教授每周對一打群學生講課或演講1-2次,
The teaching assistant meets with smaller groups of students during the week.
助教與小群學生見面,
The T.A. gives tests and reads any homework or reports the students may be required to write.
對學生進行測試并批閱學生該做的作業或報告等。
Teaching assistants also meet with students who seek help.
助教也常常會見那些需要幫助的學生,
They attend teaching meetings.
參加教學會議等。
And some working with science professors help to organize laboratory equipment.
有一些與理科教授一起工作的助教幫助他們安排實驗設備。
Most American colleges and universities must honor legal requirements when employing foreign students as teaching assistants.
大部分美國大學在雇用外國留學生做助教時,必須尊重法定要求。
One of these is that the T.A. must speak English well.
其中之一是助教的英語要講得流利。