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TEFL Portfolio

Here are the the courses that I have taken throughout the MS TEFL program. I included a description of each course with some projects and assignment completed in each course.

Course Course Description Course Assignments
EFL 501 Language Learning and Acquisition

Instructor: Denis Hall
This course explores contemporary knowledge about foreign language acquisition, including the influences of age, environment and motivation; learning styles, including ELSIE, Barsch Learning Style Inventory and other cognitive and behavioral scales; multiple intelligences; and learner language and interlingua.

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 Research paper on: Learning Styles "Field Dependent/Field Independent"

A research review about  Language Learning Strategy Use In Palestine written byWafa Abu Shmais, An-Najah National University, Palestine
EFL 502 Evaluation and Assessment

Instructor: John Dopkin

 The first part of this course is an introduction to proficiency, achievement, diagnostic and placement testing. The use of student portfolios in the EFL classroom and self-evaluation and observation techniques, including checklists and anecdotal reports, also are covered.
 TEFL Page		 The pages below contains the writing assessment I developed for ESOL students learning survival skills.
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EFL 503 Descriptive Linguistics of American English

Instructor: Denis Hall

 
This course covers the American English sound system and American English grammar. Students learn the basics of AE phonetics and phonology, including vowels, consonants, diphthongs, pitch and stress; place and manner of articulation; and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). They also learn the basics of AE morphology and syntax, including the parts of speech, words and their constituents, inflection, sentence types, sentence diagramming, surface and deep structure and transformational process.

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 A Lesson Plan on "Negation With Auxiliary Verbs"
This is the lesson I developed for adult ESL students to teach them how to make negative sentences using auxiliary verbs.
EFL504
Introduction to Curriculum Development, Design and Implementation

Instructor: Silvia Spence

  
Topics include curriculum, syllabus and lesson planning, with emphasis on observable performance objectives; lesson stages and principles of effective EFL lesson construction; effective procedures for choosing, editing and managing EFL lesson content; long-term lesson planning; teacher roles in the classroom; and principles and techniques for teaching mixed-proficiency level classes.
TEFL Page		 Reflection Paper
This is my reflection paper on Bliefs about Teaching, Learning and Learners.
EFL505
Overview of TESOL Methodology

Instructors: Gary Carkin, PH.D. &

Fran Kelly
This course emphasizes communicative language teaching. Specific methods and approaches to be explained include grammar translation, audio-lingual method, total physical response, natural approach, language experience approach, literature-based approach, phonics, whole language, community language learning, Suggestopedia, Silent Way, cognitive academic language learning, content- and theme-based instruction and computer-assisted language learning.

TEFL Page		 The Midterm Lesson Plan on "The U.S. Political System"
This is a lesson I created and presented to my colleagues about the U.S. Political System
EFL523
Listening and Speaking Activities

Instructors: Antimo(Tim) DiMatteo & Rosemary (DePetro) Orlando

 

 This course explains and describes listening and speaking activities and techniques for students with varying proficiency levels and includes teaching simulations by the instructor and participants.
TEFL Page		 Lesson Plan
This is a Lesson that focuses on how to practice to speak fluently.
EFL525
Reading and Writing Activities

Instructor: Christina Ortmeier-Hooper
This course explains and describes reading and writing activities and techniques for students with varying proficiency levels and includes teaching simulations by the instructor and participants.
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 Mini-Lesson Plan
This is the lesson I developed for adult ESOL students to develop thier skills in reading comprehension.
EFL531
Pronunciation Activities
Instructors: Daniel Raffolavich , PH. D. & Gary Carkin, PH.D. 		The course begins with an explanation and description of basic activities and techniques for teaching vowels, consonants, consonant clusters, vowel reduction, assimilation, elision, stress, pitch and juncture. Resonance and oral muscle control and teaching pronunciation according to first-language background (involving contrastive linguistics and error analysis) also are covered.
TEFL Page		 The Interview of a non-native speaker of English
In this paper, I interviewed a non-native speaker of English to identify two pronunciation problems and provide the solution for them.

Lesson Plan
This is a lesson I developed about an activity for teaching connected speech which focuses on "leaving out vowels in words".
EFL536
American Studies and Culture in Theme- and Content-based Instruction
Instructor: Fran Kelly
 		 This course explains how to develop theme- and content-based lessons and classes using U.S. cultural topics and adapting and controlling material for various proficiency levels.
 TEFL Page		 Final Lesson Plan
This is the lesson I developed for ESOL students 3rd Grade Magnet Class in social studies.
EFL 540
Socio-Cultural Context of Language Teaching.
Instructor: Denis Hall		 Topics include sociolinguistics, regional variation, and cultural diversity as they apply to TEFL/TESL. A unit on the history of the English language is also included.
TEFL Page		 Article Review
In this paper, I reviewed an article written by Maureen Neal about Academic Register, Hyper-fluency, and the Acquisition of Academic Discourse.
EFL599
Supervised Practice Teaching.
Instructor: 		Participants have the opportunity to teach a wide variety of courses in the Manchester area. Options include teaching children and adults and teaching life skills and academic English, among others. Participants first will meet to design, develop and prepare for lessons.
TEFL Page		 I will take this course in the spring term March, 2005