I seek to bring a balance of joy and rigor into any learning situation for every student.

When designing courses or curriculum, I work to ensure that I will be able to clearly present the material to students in a way that they can understand.  All courses have content that is highly engaging, current, and relevant in order to fully engage students. 

The four skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) are always integrated into every lesson.  Students are exposed to plenty of comprehensible input throughout each lesson and they additionally have ample opportunities for output.  In class, I expect students to interact with peers to negotiate meaning in their second language.  My aim is to provide students with an awareness about their additional language so that they can apply what skills they have learned in class to their learning that extends beyond the classroom.

Oral Skills 4

Here is a syllabus, needs analysis, and assignments (listening journal and final presentation project) that I created for a low-intermediate Oral Skills class in the American English Institute at the University of Oregon. 

New York University English Language Institute Materials

Level 4 Listening and Speaking Syllabus; Level 7 Writing Practice, Old Information before New, Citing Sources; Speaking and Listening Discussion Leading Rubric and Discussion Leading Preparation; Professional English Program Advanced Grammar Practice