Whether or not you are superstitious, I hope you will read on! I am just writing a short update because I found out today that for my fourth English class, I will be doing something different than originally planned - I will not be teaching TOEFL; instead, I will be teaching hospitality English at a hotel here in town!
My supervisor wants me to design the course and I am really looking forward to it. I have a lot of work to do, obviously, but it will be really cool to be working with the community and getting some experience in English for Specific Purposes. And yet again, my coursework at MIIS will come in handy - for one of my elective courses, I designed an online Moodle course with two classmates in Hotel English! (Thank you, Natalie Nussli!)
Also, I will be helping the program coordinator this afternoon with some hiring decisions. We will be testing the written and oral English proficiency of a small group of applicants for a computer lab assistant position here at UNO, and I am anxious to put to use the valuable training I have had in assessment.
Well, back to work...There are projects to grade, exams to write, lessons to plan, and so much more!
Have a great day!
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So the interviewing went well today, despite my realization that in real life, lots of high-stakes speaking assessment is often done in an ad-hoc manner (which is why it´s often less-than-reliable and lacking in validity). After the interviews, I had to do a write-up to explain the procedure and scoring methods. Fortunately, my assessment course gave me the knowledge I needed to feel really comfortable justifying my rating scale and my rationale, so it was a good chance to flex my assessment "muscles." While doing this, I had the somewhat sobering thought that in a revised version of my position paper and/or my teaching philosophy I would go into assessment in a lot more depth. I´m sure that as I get more teaching experience, many things will change as I grow as an educator...
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