Resolution 94-17: TIRED OF NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
| Number | 94-17 |
| Description | Teaching evaluation forms should have, "Can you understand the speech of your instructor?" added to them. |
| Authored by |
Angela Orr |
| Sponsored by |
Eric Lockhart |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, March 8, 1994 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, April 19, 1994 |
| General Body Vote | Thursday, January 1, 1970 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | No further information is available about this resolution. |
| Whereas | Many mathematics instructors lack oral proficiency and many students have a difficult time understanding the instructor; and |
| Whereas | Not understanding what an instructor is saying can lead to a sub-standard understanding of the course being studied; and |
| Whereas | The cost per three hour course can exceed $368.00 and students deserve their money's worth. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | All Graduate Teaching Assistants required to pass the TOEFL also be required to Pass the "TSE" with a minimum score of 2.4 in the categories of Grammar, Fluency, and Pronunciation with a minmum overall score of 250 no later than the first day of August 1997 without exception; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | If after the first day of August 1995 any potential Graduate Teaching Assistant receives a score of less than 2.4 in Ponunciation, Grammar, and Fluency that they not be allowed to instruct UT Arlington students; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | Graduate Teaching Assistants scoring less than the minimum score not be prohibited from holding any non-teaching position; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | A faculty member may use a foreign language to conduct foreign language courses designed to be taught in a foreign language; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | This resolution does not prohibit a faculty member from providing individual assistance during course instruction to a non-English-speaking student in the native language of the student; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | Teaching evaluation forms should have, "Can you understand the speech of your instructor?" added to them. |