Teaching Assistantships in the Department of Linguistics
The UCLA Department of Linguistics sometimes has TAships available to offer to graduate students outside the department, particularly for Linguistics 1 and other lower-division courses. Most will be 50% time jobs. Interested students in all linguistics-related graduate programs at UCLA are encouraged to apply.
The selection criteria are:
· Evidence of sufficient knowledge of linguistics
· Evidence of expertise and talent in teaching, particularly of younger students (hence any high school teaching experience should be mentioned).
UCLA regulations require that nonnative speakers must pass a screening exam to qualify as teaching assistants, either the Test of Spoken English (administered by the Educational Testing Service) or the TOP Exam (administered by UCLA's Office of Instructional Development).
To apply, please fill out the application form, which may be downloaded from this site:
Subject to a reasonable total length, applicants may include along with the official application any sort of material that would bear on the above criteria, including:
· Resume
· Application letter outlining experience and interests
· Their own academic transcripts (Xeroxed, non-official transcripts are acceptable)
· Evaluation forms or summaries from previous teaching experience. It is usually helpful to provide a Xerox of every form on which students have made comments
· Letters of recommendation from former students, your own teachers, professors for who you have TA'd, or others qualified to judge your teaching.
All of these are optional, and it is understood that different applicants will have different strengths. No single criterion is used in making the Department's selections.
Send application materials to:
Student Affairs Officer UCLA Department of Linguistics Mail Code 154302
If mailing materials from off campus, please use the following address:
Student Affairs Officer UCLA Department of Linguistics