Date of Award
5-2016
Degree Type
Creative Project
Degree Name
Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT)
Department
World Languages and Cultures
Committee Chair(s)
Maria Luisa Spicer-Escalante
Committee
Maria Luisa Spicer-Escalante
Committee
Karin de Jonge-Kannan
Committee
Ekaterina Arshavskaya
Abstract
This portfolio is a collection of the author’s beliefs about second language
teaching that represent the change of the author’s views about teaching. The first sectionof this portfolio contains the author’s teaching philosophy statements, which include adescription of a communicative classroom, the role of input, and brain-based research.Three artifacts support the teaching philosophy and reflect what the author had learnedduring the MSLT program. First, the language artifact is a collection of technologicalideas that can be helpful in teaching Russian to different level students. Second, theliteracy artifact is a literature review regarding benefits of authentic materials indevelopment of language skills, cultural awareness, and critical thinking. Last one, thecultural artifact provides research on declining an offer in a polite way. The last section isthe annotated bibliography which presents the main themes of this portfolio.
Recommended Citation
Gifford, Nadiya M., "Breaking Traditional Ways of Teaching: Communicative Second Language Teaching" (2016). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 778.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/778
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