Penn State TESOL Portfolio
In May 2016, I finished my fourth and final course in the TESOL Graduate Certificate Program at Penn State, World Campus. During the last two years, I have developed teaching materials for ESL courses while reflecting upon the nature of teaching English for academic purposes in multicultural environments.
Five Program Goals
This portfolio showcases the development of my skill set according to the five TESOL certificate program goals set by the Penn State Department of Applied Linguistics:
- Your ability to analyze various domains of language (e.g., phonological, lexical, grammatical, and pragmatic) in relation to adult learner language development and to apply these understandings to adult English language teaching
- Your ability to design, adapt, and evaluate curricula, technology, media, and other resources that meet the specific instructional and language-related needs and abilities of adult English language learners
- Your ability to demonstrate understanding of (a) the multilingual and multicultural contexts within which adult English language learners live and work and (b) the role of learning and using English in an increasingly globalized world
- Your ability to design and use effective instructional strategies for one-on-one tutoring, classroom teaching, and learner assessment
- Your ability to create a professional TESOL e-portfolio as a final capstone project
April 2016
