Date of Award

5-2022

Degree Type

Report

Degree Name

Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT)

Department

World Languages and Cultures

Committee Chair(s)

Karin deJonge-Kannan (Committee Chair)

Committee

Karin deJonge-Kannan

Committee

Sarah Gordon

Committee

Ekaterina Arshavskaya

Abstract

This portfolio contains a selection of the author’s research interests and learning achievements while in the Master Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program at Utah State University (USU). It represents the author’s investigation, observation, and reflection as an MSLT student and as a Chinese teacher and coordinator for the Chinese Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program in Utah.

The first section of the portfolio contains the author’s teaching perspectives including professional environment, teaching philosophy statement, and professional development through teaching observations. These perspectives represent her professional growth over the years in the field of Chinese teaching in the DLI setting. The second section consists of two research perspectives. They demonstrate the author’s research interests that aligned with her teaching perspectives as a Chinese DLI practitioner. Lastly, an annotated bibliography is included with further discussion of pedagogical implications for the Chinese DLI classroom.

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