Category: Teaching International Students

September 6, 2023

The Success of International Students at Conestoga College

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Dr. Sara Kafashan and Dr. Nasreen Sultana Note: This post contains initial thoughts from Sara and Nasreen, Teaching & Learning Consultants who originally came...

Categories Teaching/Teaching International Students

September 4, 2023

Language Use in the Conestoga Classroom

Reading Time: 6 minutes This tip is to guide you in exploring how your comments and practices regarding use of the students’ first language (L1) in the classroom may impact an international student’s first experiences in Canada.

Categories Class Management/Diversity/Teaching International Students

June 21, 2023

Conventions for Writing and Saying Numbers

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Your students from India may be making mental adjustments for the first while when listening to or reading the higher numbers. This chart compares number notation conventions.

Categories Teaching/Teaching International Students

April 26, 2022

Getting Started with Grammarly

Reading Time: 2 minutes A post by Library Services that provides an overview of Grammarly, a tool for supporting writing and proofreading

Categories Artificial Intelligence in Teaching/Library Services/Teaching International Students

March 3, 2022

Creating Sense of Belonging: From an International Student’s Perspective

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Hiral Joshi, International Faculty Development Assistant, Teaching and Learning I am Hiral Joshi a full-time student for the Career Development Practitioner course at the...

Categories Diversity/Teaching International Students

June 23, 2021

Tips for Teaching Out-of-Country International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes Due to the current situation, many students are attending classes from their home country. Students attending the courses from outside of Canada require some unique...

Categories Diversity/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students

June 18, 2021

Students from India: Effective Communication Strategies

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Kathryn Brillinger, Laura Stoutenburg, & Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning, Conestoga College A wide range of communication styles exist all around the world. We...

Categories Diversity/Teaching International Students

May 18, 2021

Students from India: Help Them to be Successful

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out. 

Categories Teaching/Teaching International Students

March 12, 2021

10 (+1) Tips for Supporting International Students (and Everyone Else) While Teaching Online

Reading Time: 5 minutes Kathryn Brillinger, Nasreen Sultana, and Laura Stoutenburg of Teaching and Learning, and Thomas Campbell and Kavya Adapala from Student Engagement.  Keep the Welcome Going Work on a big, warm welcome each class. Students will...

Categories Diversity/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students

May 29, 2020

Faculty Answer Questions from Tech@Conestoga Panel

Reading Time: 15 minutes Additional answers by faculty panelists to questions asked by attendees of the Day 1 Faculty Panel at Tech@Conestoga Days.

Categories Events/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students