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Facilitating Second Language Development Via Interaction In An Online Classroom, Jen Cummings
Facilitating Second Language Development Via Interaction In An Online Classroom, Jen Cummings
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This portfolio is a collection of essays tying together perspectives and major themes in second language teaching of importance to the writer. It begins with an introduction piece, followed by a description of professional environment and a teaching philosophy statement focused on teacher-student relationships, varied assessments, and culture-focused teaching. This section is followed by a classroom observation. The main section of the portfolio is a reflection paper presenting perspectives on the importance of providing interaction opportunities in asynchronous online language learning classrooms. The portfolio concludes with a statement of future goals.
Teaching A Second Language: Communication, Culture, And Collaboration, Diannylín Núñez De Paulino
Teaching A Second Language: Communication, Culture, And Collaboration, Diannylín Núñez De Paulino
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
This portfolio presents the author’s perspectives on the effective use of language teaching techniques, practices, and tools. The first section demonstrates the author’s teaching philosophy, which includes her perceptions as a foreign language instructor and learner, teaching observations of various foreign language instructors, and self-reflections about teaching. The following section contains three research papers, which explore foreign language anxiety, effectiveness of co-teaching a foreign language class, and refusals across different cultures. The last section consists of three annotated bibliographies in which the author analyzes journal articles and book chapters about communicative language teaching, the role of culture in the Spanish …