ESL Research and History

Standard 5A: ESL (ENL) Research and History The artifact I chose for Standard 5A is a research paper that I authored for ESC 769: Latinos in US Schools. In this class, we were mainly tasked with reading small bits of research and writing on discussion boards to reflect on that research. The research covered a range […]

Culture as it Affects Student Learning

Standard 2: Culture as it Affects Student Learning The artifacts I chose for Standard 2 are from of ESC 769: Latinos in US Schools. The first artifact is my philosophy of education on teaching diverse learners, a required artifact for this standard. The second is a meta-analysis of current and past research on the climate of […]

Language Proficiency Assessment

Standard 4B: Language Proficiency Assessment The artifact I chose for Standard 4B is a case study that I wrote about a sixth grade English Language Learner (ELL), Jennifer, in my first fall semester of graduate school. This artifact demonstrates my assessment of the language proficiency of an ELL including data and analysis of that data including: […]

Classroom Based Assessment for ESL

Standard 4C: Classroom Based Assessment for ESL The artifact I chose for Standard 4C is an assessment that my colleague and I recently created for ESC 766: Teaching English through Content. For this class, we were tasked with creating a ten-lesson mini-unit that for the sole purpose of demonstrating that we are capable of creating […]

Language Acquisition and Development

Standard 1B: Language Acquisition and Development. The artifact I chose for Standard 1.b. is from of ESC 760: Second Language Teaching and Learning. This class pushed my thinking in a variety of ways. I learned the ins and outs of second language teaching, including the names of the different programs offered in New York City, […]