I have been given the opportunity to do a rewarding and informative (for me at least) project that could shape the next year and a half of my schooling. Next semester I have to do a language teaching experience somewhere in the community. Over January I plan to find a church that has an ESL program and start teaching there. While there, I want to do a case study on the way in which the Christian faith of those in the program interacts with the teaching of English and the extent to which this interaction affects teachers' decisions. After that, if I can get it cleared through the human research board on campus then I will do a fall '08 system wide study about faith based language teaching initiatives covering issues like pedagogy and curriculum choices and teacher attitude towards learners. Then, in the spring for my senior ESL project I could do a practical project like a program pitch for a church desiring to start an ESL program, training for those wanting to teach in a church or faith-based setting, etc...
These thoughts come at the end of a year and a half of disinterest and apathy in my studies so I hope that it motivates me to work harder because I am so interested in the subject. I am starting to embrace the ESL and app. ling. side of things.
World travel, reading, and writing... sounds swell.
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man, that's a lot of stuff to do! good luck!
oh, and why are my sister and I six years old? Am I missing the joke?
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