By the summer's completion, students articulate their personal approaches to language teaching and develop a plan for maximizing their effectiveness as teachers, which they implement and monitor in their classrooms during the Interim Year Teaching Practicum. The year-long practicum gives students the opportunity to relate the theories, assumptions, and practices examined on campus to their own classrooms, and to implement the goals and objectives established during the first summer. Students learn to assess their own strengths and weaknesses and determine appropriate approaches to varying contexts. Back to top Second Summer Coursework Students continue to develop and refine their individual teaching approaches and skills while completing coursework designed to synthesize that of the first summer with the practical experience of the Interim Year Teaching Practicum.
Classes delve more deeply into the nature of language, language acquisition, and culture.
The on-campus session culminates in a conference in which students give professional presentations to the community, exploring their chosen area of interest in the field of language teaching and learning. Courses Teaching the Four Skills Second Language Acquisition English, French, or Spanish Applied Linguistics French or Spanish Language and Culture II Sandanona Conference Presentation Back to top Independent Professional Project Upon completion of all coursework, students produce an Independent Professional Project, combining what they have learned after the Second Summer Coursework with ideas developed through the language teaching process in their own classrooms.