Date of Award
5-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT)
Department
World Languages and Cultures
Committee Chair(s)
Karin deJonge-Kannan
Committee
Karin deJonge-Kannan
Committee
Nolan Weil
Committee
Yurika Izumi
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This portfolio reflects what the author believes to be effective tools and methods for teaching a second or foreign language. The first section includes the author’s teaching philosophy which addresses teacher and student roles, communicative and meaningful tasks, learning environments, and the importance of literacy development. Following the teaching philosophy are three research perspective papers which discuss the use of digital storytelling as a tool for developing language proficiency, how blogs can be used to help students develop writing skills in their second language, and alternative approaches to teaching and learning kanji, which are one of three sets of Japanese characters. The final section of this portfolio includes three annotated bibliographies that are a record of the author’s exploration of various tools and strategies for improving students’ literacy skills, classroom interactions, and task-based language teaching.
(136 pages)
Recommended Citation
Mikesell, Andrew, "What Does It Take to Learn a Language? Strategies for Teaching ESL and Japanese" (2017). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 934.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/934
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