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
Joshua Thoms
Abstract
This portfolio was written for the Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program. It reflects the author's beliefs on effective methods for teaching English as a second language (ESL) to adult learners. It includes the author's teaching philosophy, which focuses on communicative language teaching, creating an encouraging classroom environment, and providing meaningful instruction. The teaching philosophy is followed by four artifacts. First, the culture artifact is a review of complimenting behavior and how to teach pragmatics to language students. Second, the literacy artifact is a study of effective strategies for improving the writing skills of ESL learners. Third, the language artifact discusses wether listening or reading activities are better tools for teaching vocabulary. After the language artifact is an additional teacher artifact that explains the importance of teacher empathy. Finally, the annotated bibliographies provide an outline of the author's study and research throughout the MSLT program.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Katie Reynolds, "Meeting Diverse Needs in the Adult ESL Classroom" (2016). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 840.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/840
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