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Language is Developed through Effective Interaction: My Teaching Philosophy on SLA

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My memories of those days learning English in Middle school are still fresh and clear. Recalling on those past experiences in English class, I still can feel an intense sense of joy and happiness. The English class in middle school gave me the best class experience throughout my school life before college. And Mrs.Xu, the English teacher of that class is the teacher that influenced me the most, and to some extent, she is the reason why I would like to become an English teacher, and her way of teaching also inspires me in my teaching. As a saying goes, teachers tend to teach the way they learn, based on my learning experience and combined with some philosophical theories, my teaching philosophy, during my student teacher period, is forming and developing. There is one thing normally going on for most of the class time, interaction. Interaction happens between teacher and student, between student and student. In Mrs.Xu’s class, she took advantage of every minute interacting with her stud

My Academic and Professional Pathway to Become a Second Language Teacher

  Hi, my name is Xinyi Huang, and you can also call me Margo. I come from Shenzhen, a beautiful city in China. Movies and books are my favorites.  Before this course, I have learned English for more than ten years and got a BA in English major in China. In 2021, I was admitted to HNU & UD TESL dual degree program and finished my first semester in China, courses include TESL, Human Development, Diversity in ESL Classroom. Through the learning, I laid a solid foundation on ESL with a theoretical basis and learned various teaching methods, techniques, principles, etc.   In terms of the theoretical basis of language learning and teaching, I gained knowledge from reading some books and having lessons in the last semester. Krashen's Input Hypothesis gave me an insight into the features and process of language acquisition, in other words, what is happening when a learner acquires a language. I realized the importance of the 'i+1' input, giving students comprehensive input that