I have taught a wide range of courses in applied linguistics and language pedagogy, including 10 online graduate courses for the FLT curriculum and significant redesigns of at least two courses. In my case, designing a course includes determining the objectives, content, required readings, and assignments; creating lectures including slides and videos; writing discussion prompts that stimulate processing and application of the material in the readings and lectures; scaffolding the assignments, including creating guidelines and templates; training learners to use a wide range of technology for communication, presentations, and data analysis; incorporating university resources and requirements, including principles of ethical conduct of research; and compiling these materials into a coherent sequence of 12 modules that students can access from anywhere. Also, I am constantly experimenting and modifying my use of technology including our learning management system (D2L), Microsoft Teams, and other apps such as Padlet and PollEverywhere to support my students’ engagement with the material, with each other, and with me.
Since I became program director in 2018, I also supervise the teaching, revision, and design of courses in the FLT curriculum taught by other core faculty and adjunct instructors. Click the links above to learn more about my courses and design principles for effective instruction of language teachers in our asynchronous online modality. The Course Descriptions page links to a page for each course, most of which include syllabi and representative materials.
Courses Designed and Taught
Online Graduate Level Courses – Designer and Instructor:
- FLT 807 Methods of Language Teaching (F13, F14, F15, Su16, F16, Su17, F17, F18, Su19, Su20, Su24, Su25)
- FLT 817 Program Development & Administration (S19, F20, S21, F21, S22, F22, S23, F23, S24, F24, S25)
- FLT 860 Foreign/Second Language Acquisition (S14, S15, S16, S17, Su17, S18, S19)
- FLT 815 Culture in Foreign Language Teaching (S14, S15, S16, S17, S18, S19, S20, S21, Su22)
- FLT 845 Language Concepts for Foreign Language Teachers (F18, F19)
- FLT 842 Reading in a Foreign Language (S17, S19)
- FLT 841 Special Topics: Sociolinguistics and Spoken Language (F16, F17, F18, F19)
- FLT 841 Special Topics: Literacy in a Foreign Language (F14, F15)
- FLT 841 Special Topics: Reflective Teaching and Teacher Inquiry (F13)
- FLT 885 Experiential Modules – mentor students through extensive final projects (frequently F13-Present)
- FLT 898 Final Portfolios – designed course and guidelines, mentor students (frequently F13-Su18, every semester
F18 to Present)
Face to Face University Courses – Designer and Instructor:
- Methods of Language Teaching – MSU M.A. TESOL Program (F14)
- Methods of Second/Foreign Language Teaching – GSU B.A. Level (F11), MSU B.A. Level (F16)
- Sociolinguistics – GSU M.A. Level (Summer 2013)
- Language in Society – GSU B.A. level (Spring 2013)
