What can you do to help international students in your classes?

Three tips from New Directions for Teaching and Learning (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tl.7011/pdf):

Give students time to reflect when asking questions – many Americans are comfortable thinking out loud, students from other cultures may not be.
Provide background information – what may be commonplace to you, may be unfamiliar to international students i.e. “ground zero”, “a ballpark figure”, the product produced by an American company.
Create an atmosphere conducive to questions – in some cultures it is considered rude to speak up in class.

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