Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Philosophy
Video Description:ID: CJ, a light skinned male with shaved head and beard, is standing behind a grey wall, he is wearing black long sleeve t-shirt.
Transcript: Hello. I am CJ. Today we are going to discuss my teaching philosophy. I looked at different teaching methods and found two that fits my teaching philosophy. The first one is communicative language teaching, CLT. What is CLT, it focuses on communication skills through interacting. The goal is to facilitate information, model language in the classroom. Student use language properly while improving their receptive and expressive skills. My classroom role is to facilitate, I do not teach. Classroom activities varies, to create opportunities for students to discuss, give presentations, and stories at the same time learn grammar, there is no repetition or memorization of structure and signs. My second philosophy is competency based language teaching. It is a skill based teaching through outcomes. Students know what is expected of them in the classroom. I do not give everything at once, I give them chunks before moving on to the next outcome. I emphasize receptive and expressive skills practice focusing on communication skills and apply it to real life situations. Activities are student centered and can be modified for students with needs. Students are responsible for their learning the language, culture, analyze the grammar, and self evaluate. Student develop critical skills and problem solving skills and apply it to the real world. Both approaches focus on authentic use of language. Authentic language is important, according to ACTFL. One of their domains is communication, which has three parts. First is part interpersonal. Students must be able to interact, express their thoughts, opinions, feelings and needs in ASL. Second part is interpretive, students must be able to understand, analyze and discuss different issues in ASL. Third part is presentation, students must be able to sign stories, convince, describe to different audience. Both approaches are perfect for teaching ASL in the classroom.
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