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Rdep01 Posted 20 years ago
Business & Finance

Vocabulary : Professors and assistants at University : "assistants" : ?

0Hello everybody, 05002br
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00I'm looking for a word in english, may you help me ? 05102br
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00In France, at University, there are mainly two kinds of teachers :02br
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00-professors (various levels of professors)02br
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00-"assistants" - they aren't true teatchers02br
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00"Assistants" aren't teatchers, they can be any qualified men / women : 02br
00-professor aspirants, 02br
00-executives02br
00-students (a fith year student can be assistant in a course for 2nd year students)02br
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00For a course for 300 students, you have one professor and ten "assistants"02br
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00The professor give lectures to the 300 students, in a big room named "amphitheatre"02br
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00Each "assistant" work for 30 students in a classroom : he gives explainations about the lectures and helps students to make exercices02br
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00So, I would like to know which is the word for "assistant" in england or in the US02br
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00May you help me ? 010id111id5
  

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02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

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0Hi,02br
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00I think that, in Canada, they are called 'teaching assistants' (and poorly paid!).02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Thank you ! 05002br
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00In england, maybe "Instructor" or "part-time teacher" ?02br
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00Anybody knows ? 010id1
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10I think that, in Canada, they are called 'teaching assistants' (and poorly paid!).12br
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10Best wishes, Clive10"Teaching assistant" seems very well. Take a look here : 11a15010 12a
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