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(Video Description: white woman with shoulder-length brown hair & wearing a blue shirt with a black blazer. She is standing in front of a black/gray background.) Link to Google Doc: http://bit.ly/EllmanTeachPhilo Teaching Philosophy By Angela Ellman July 2, 2023 The classroom will be eclectic and authentic, allowing students to use critical thinking skills and gain a real-world, hands-on approach. (Wass, 2012) Students learn best by collaborating with other peers and the community and completely immersed in the target language in the classroom. Three approaches to teaching allow student-centered learning: Principled Eclecticism, Communicative Language Teaching, and Sociocultural Learning. (Richards & Rodgers, 2014) Brown and Lee (2015) suggest the Principled Eclectic Approach (PEA) fits Language learners with diverse backgrounds, goals, environments, and learning styles. Within principled eclecticism, we are not limited to the rules of one method but are free to use a wide range of methods and resources to teach and address a particular topic (Chernus et al., 2022). Fossilization is a prevalent issue in the classroom. (Gao, 2020) To avoid this, students benefit from a brief audiolingual of the target language at the beginning of the class to encourage memorization, practice, and ensure accuracy with the teacher’s support. (Brown & Lee, 2015) Richards & Rodgers (2014) state that communicative language teaching (CLT) is an approach where teachers prioritize students' communication and interaction skills. The students are encouraged to use language for meaningful purposes. An example is distributing questions to each group. These questions require deep thought and discussion amongst the students, which utilizes their skills. Students working together and consistently using their sign language skills benefit from practicing fluency by learning from one another and working together. The interactional model (Richards & Rodgers, 2014) will be utilized in the classroom. According to Richards & Rodgers (2014), Sociocultural learners will acquire new and improved skills through social interaction. Richards & Rodgers (2014) suggest that language skills can only grow with understanding the culture behind the language. Collaborative dialogue scaffolds the learning process by providing support and gradually reducing support. (Richards & Rodgers, 2014) Various ways to amplify language dialogues and culture by establishing language labs with Primary language tutors and staff. Students learn best from immersion, collaboration, and real-world experiences. This approach will allow students to develop and improve communication skills in the target language while focusing on conveying and receiving messages. These approaches empower the students to utilize their skills outside the classroom. References: Brown, H. D., & Lee, H. (2015). Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy (4th ed., pp. 71-73). Pearson Education, Inc. Chernus, N., Sivkov, A., Savina, T., Sivkov, S., & Zolotovitsakaya, A. (2022). The Eclectic Approach to Learning English. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 8(2). https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.32601/ejal.911538 Gao, H. (2020). Analysis of Fossilization Process of the Second Language Vocabulary from the Perspective of Memetics (Publication No. Vol. 10, No. 10) [Master's Thesis, Foreign Language Department, Shanxi Normal University, China]. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1010.21 Richards, J. C., & Rodgers, T. S. (2014). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (3rd ed., pp. 24-28). Cambridge University Press and Assessment. Richards, J. C., & Rodgers, T. S. (2014). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (3rd ed., pp. 352-353). Cambridge University Press and Assessment. Richards, J. C., & Rodgers, T. S. (2014). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (3rd ed., pp. 185-192). Cambridge University Press and Assessment. Wass, R. T. (2012). Developing Critical Thinkers in Higher Education: A Vygotskian Perspective [Doctoral Thesis, University of Otago]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281049724_Developing_critical_thinkers_in_Higher_Education_A_Vygotskian_perspective

This is a teaching sample on TRUE+WAY ASL unit 5.2 which focuses on times vocabulary.

This is a teaching sample of me teaching unit 4.4 which focuses on cities and states vocabulary.

This is a teaching sample of vocabulary for a family signing class.

This is a teaching sample of vocabulary on activities and hobbies for a school for the deaf staff with beginner-level ASL skills.