E-learning solopreneur 
in Avignon, FR 
since 2020
About
In this portfolio, I will post some of the ELT concepts I have learned either via formal training or through exploration, along with reflections and projects that I have built. In the featured lessons section, you will find a selection of recorded lessons that I made for the purpose of self-reflection and appraisal.
The ELT Industry
The English Language Teaching (ELT) field is an academic discipline and industry that is dedicated to helping non-native speakers of English acquire the language skills necessary for success in personal, academic, and professional settings. The industry includes a wide range of teaching methods, materials, and technologies, including traditional classroom instruction, blended learning, and self-learning. [Learn...
Reference ELT Programs
As an ESL teacher, I have taken a number of training courses over the years designed to help me develop my teaching skills and keep up with the industry's best practices. Below is a non-exhaustive list of courses that I took over the years.
Changelog
For site-wide changelog, visit this page.
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ELT changelog
2019.04.18 – Created initial portfolio based on my LDT Portfolio– All previous updates to the core files of the portfolio are located under portfolio/ldt/about/portfolio (read more)
English Language Studies
🔗Source(s)
1 Language
Source: Gen Ed portfolio > ELA
- Discourse [ELA]
- Written communication
- Oral Communication
- Speech [ELA]
- Phonology
- Prosody
- Active Listening [ELA]
- Vocabulary Development [ELA]
- Grammar & Mechanics [ELA]
2 Literature
Source: Gen Ed portfolio > ELA > Reading & Literature
- Literary Theory: Analyzing and interpreting literature (SDC English 103)
- English Literature (SDC English 101)
- American Literature (SDC English 102)
- World Literature (SDC English 301)
3 Civilization
History
Source: Gen Ed > HSS > History
- US History and Civilization:
- UK history and Civilization
- History of Western Civilization
- World History
- Big History
Art History
- History of Western Art
Culture
Source: Gen Ed > HSS > US Government, Civics, and Politics
- American cultural studies (SDC Soc 110)
- World cultures in a globalized world
4 Research & critical thinking
Source: Gen Ed > Academic Skills
- Information Literacy
- College Readiness: College success (Saylor/SDC)
- AI for Education
- College Admissions
- Careers
Linguistics
🔗Source(s):
Core Linguistics
- Introduction to Linguistics [CC / Coursera]
- Introduction to Linguistics [CC]
- Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics [Coursera/LeidenU]
- Comparative Linguistics
- Introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics [Coursera/LeidenU]
Morphology [CC]
Morphosyntax [CC]
Syntax [CC]
Semantics [CC]
Pragmatics [CC]
Sociolinguistics [CC]
- Definition of Sociolinguistics [CC]
- Linguistic Diversity, What For? [UAB]
Phonetics: Consonants and Vowels [CC]
Phonology [CC]
Psycholinguistics [CC]
Language Aquisition and processing [CC/Coursera]
- Language Acquisition (CC Linguistics)
- The Bilingual Brain [Coursera/UHouston]
First Language Acquisition (FLA)
Definition First Language Aquisition is the process by which children are able to gain perception and comprehension of their mother tongue during the "critical period" - a period of time during a child's development characterized by a heightened ability to learn any language and believed to end with the onset of puberty. A number of...
SLA
Definition Second language acquisition (SLA) is the process of learning one or more additional languages as opposed to acquring one's first language. Children and adults typically learn a second language either after the critical period or in a setting where they are not directly exposed to the target language. Brief History SLA just like its...
Language Change & Historical Linguistics [CC]
World Languages [CC]
Foreign Language Studies (Gen Ed > FLS)
Computational Linguistics [CC/FutureLearn]
- Corpus Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics Analysis [FutureLearn/LancasterU]
Writing Systems [CC]
Applied Linguistics [FutureLearn / Coursera]
- Introduction to Applied Linguistics [FutureLearn/ULeicester]
- Language in the Real World [OpenLearn/OpenU]
Learning & Teaching
Sociology
- Introduction to Sociology (Saylor SOC101)
- Sociological Thinking and Research
- Culture & Social Structure
- Socialization, groups, and Social Control
- Social Stratification
- Deviance
- Social change and Social issues
- Family and Education
- Race, ethnicity, and gender
- Social inequality and poverty
- Crime and deviance
- Social chance and movements
- SDC Sociology 110: Cultural Studies & Diversity in the U.S.
- Swayam: Sociology of Education
- SDC Sociology 305: Sociology of Work
Source: Ged Ed > HSS > Sociology
Psychology
Source: Ged Ed > HSS > Psychology
- 101 Intro to Psychology
- 102 Educational Psychology
- 103 Human Growth and Development
- 104 Social Psychology
- 105 Research Methods in Psychology
- 301 Industrial / organization psychology
- 302 Cognitive Psychology
- 315 Psychology of motivation
Sociology
Learning Theories (LDT100x)
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The following course modules will take you to my Learning Design and Technology portfolio.
Personal Learning Experiences
Elementary school learning experience Having a terrible memory means that I don't tend to remember a whole lot from my childhood, especially the part being in elementary school. One vague memory of a learning experience in elementary school was of an authentic experience during an ESL lesson. We were learning this obscure language called English,...
Behaviorism
Definition Behaviorism is a learning theory that came to prominence in the late 19th century and which asserts that learning is a process where an individual's behavior is shaped and reinforced by a given stimulus in the environment. Behaviorists argue that the mind is a black box that cannot be understood reliably, and that the...
Constructivism
Definition Constructivism is a learning theory that asserts that learning is an active process that builds upon prior knowledge or experience, and through interaction with the environment and other individuals (Mcleod, 2018).((Mcleod, S. A. (2018, June 6). Jean Piaget's theory and stages of cognitive development. Simply Psychology. Retrieved February 19, 2023, from https://www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html)) It assumes...
Cognitivism
Definition Cognitivism builds upon constructivism in that it acknowledges the presence of prior knowledge, and the need to build upon it. As with social constructivism, social cognitivism also highlights the importance of the social factor in learning (McLeod, 2016).((Mcleod, S. (2016, February 5). Bandura--Social Learning Theory. Simply Psychology. Retrieved 19 February 2023, from https://www.simplypsychology.org/bandura.html)) Where...
Connectivism
Definition Connectivism is a new learning method that is not yet universally accepted as a learning theory. It came to prominence with the rise of the internet and personal computers which made e-learning and blended or flipped learning solutions possible. Under this model of learning, learners form networks where knowledge is discovered online and shared...
Andragogy
Definition Andragogy is a method of learning which focuses on adult education as opposed to child education. According to Knowles, adults have different learning preferences compared to children mostly because they are self-motivated (Pappas, 2013, Knowles’ 5 Assumptions).((Pappas, C. (2013). The Adult Learning Theory - Andragogy - of Malcolm Knowles. eLearningIndustry.com. Retrieved 19 February 2023,...
Complex Models and Authentic Assessment
Complex Learning Project Scenario In my personal learning experiences, I described how I was able to learn the basics of web development on Codecademy. The official logo of Codecademy. This image retrieved from Wikimedia Commons is in the public domain. The design is © Codecademy. Screenshot showing the Codecademy course interface shared here on fair...
Comparing Learning Theories
Introduction I would like to start by taking a few steps back and take a look at the evolution of humanity in the last ten thousand years, and by extension, the role of education in the progress of our species. There is no question that the development of language was, and still is, instrumental to...
Microlearning Project
Tool introduction The tool I decided to showcase for this project is Adobe Illustrator which is a vector graphics tool that is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of creative software. This tool used is used by graphic artists to create vector based assets for many different kinds of applications ranging from mobile app,...
LDT100x Final Reflection
My learning journey As an individual, learning theories have been an integral part of my own learning journey. Starting in elementary school, teachers would employ behaviorism by rewarding us with points for correct answers and good behavior (and take them away if we misbehaved). As soon as we were old enough, we engaged in social...
Instructional Models (LDT200x)
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The following course modules will take you to my Learning Design and Technology portfolio.
ADDIE Design Model
Definition ADDIE is one of the oldest instructional design models in existence today. It originates from the the Five-Step Approach, a U.S Air Force training framework developped throughought the middle of the 20th century and later perfected for the U.S. Army by the Centre for Educational Technology at Florida State University where it became officially...
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Definition Bloom's taxonomy is a learning framework in which sets of attainable and measurable learning objectives are organized into 6 levels of "educational attainment", each with more complex and specific learning objectives than the preceding level (University of Waterloo, n.d.).((University of Waterloo (n.d.). Bloom's Taxonomy. Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo. Retrieved May 12, 2018,...
English Language Instruction
Yet to be imported
Status: In progress | Course(s): Cambridge CELTA / Learning Design and Technology (UMUC)
Concepts to add:
- The Four Strands of Language Learning (framework by Paul Nation): The Four Strands of Language Learning | Confused Laowai | ELT Experts Webinar - Paul Nation (How to teach vocabulary?) (youtube.com) | The Four Strands in 1 Minute (youtube.com)
- Comprehensible Input (CI) method by Stephen Krashen: Stephen Krashen: Language Acquisition and Comprehensible Input (youtube.com) | Comprehensible Input | Definition, Hypothesis & Examples - Lesson | Study.com
Approaches and Methods
- PPP 5. Lesson types 1: PPP (text-based)
- TTT 7. Lesson types 2: Test-Teach-Test
- Guided Discovery 12. Guided discovery + Q&A session
- Task Based Language Learning (TBL) 23. Lesson Types 3: Task Based Learning (DVD Observation)
- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) 32. ELT approaches & CLT
- Language Immersion
- Silent Way
- Community Based Learning (CLL)
- Total Physical Response (TPR)
- Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS)
- Dogme language teaching
- Growing Participator Approach (GPA)
- Montessori and Learning by teaching (LdL)
- Mother tongue mirroring
- Flipped learning
- Choosing a lesson framework
Strategies and Techniques
- Setting Learning Outcomes with Bloom's Taxonomy
- Learner & context analysis 11. Focus on the learner (A2)
- Concept Checking 8. Concept Checking
- Lesson Planning 9. Lesson planning 1, 21. Lesson planning 2: Reactive Input
- 24. Reflective Teaching
- 25. Recycling & Revision Activities
- 19. Dealing with errors
- 31. Teaching Large Monolingual Multilevel Classes (DVD observation)
- Back-chaining
- Dictogloss
- Information gap tasks
Materials and visual aids
- Published materials 18. Materials 1: Using published materials and resources
- Authentic materials 26. Materials 2: Using Authentic Materials & Task Design
Assessment
- Formative assessment
- Summative assessment
- Class observation
- 29. Testing and Exams in ELT
- Teacher assessment
- Teaching framework
Specializations
- Business English 27. Business English / 1-to-1 Teaching
- Online Teaching 28 Technology & Teaching Online
- Academic English
- Young Learners Teaching (YLT) 30. Teaching Young Learners & Literacy
- Test Preparation
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
Management
Demo lessons
Yet to be imported
- online 1:1 ESL lesson
- online group lesson
- in-person group lesson
- flipped learning lesson
Projects
- News app for ELL
- TOEIC & TOEFL Test prep courses for college students
- English Club
- English Practice events