Date of Award
5-2023
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT)
Department
World Languages and Cultures
Committee Chair(s)
Sarah Gordon
Committee
Sarah Gordon
Committee
Karin DeJonge-Kannan
Committee
Elena Taylor
Abstract
This portfolio represents the coursework, readings, writings, classroom observations, teaching experiences, and reflections during my time in the Utah State University Masters in Second Language Teaching program. It is composed of three main components: my teaching philosophy, reflections on a selection of classroom observations of other instructors, and a position paper on World Englishes and pragmatics. Additionally, this portfolio gives background on the professional environment of the author and looks forward to the future.
The main paper consists of a position paper regarding World Englishes and cultivating identity and intercultural communicative competence, supplemented by a paper on incorporating pragmatics into the classroom. As such, it is the result of a review of current literature surrounding the topic and an effort to provide an approach that can be implemented within the classroom. It gives an overview of the native speaker myth and predominant ideologies in English language learning, suggesting how language teachers may combat stereotypes and hegemonic views through multiliteracies approaches and pedagogies of care.
Recommended Citation
Brunson, Kallen, "Creating a Classroom of Access: Learner Identity and Intercultural Communicative Competence" (2023). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1693.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1693
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