So far, I have changed my major three times throughout my college career. I am currently a Sophomore Elementary Education (w/Language Arts focus) major, with (hopefully) a TESOL minor. I have always wanted to major in Elementary Education, but with the job market as it is and the many downfalls in education lately, I thought it might be better to go into the medical field because of the job stability. After realizing that Elementary Education was my calling and following my gut to pursue it, I did some research and found the TESOL program here at Michigan State which incorporates my love of language and passion of teaching. Although I had to give up my pursuit of a minor in French, I think the TESOL minor will be a much more purposeful and fulfilling track to be on.
LLT 307 has already been a great introduction to the realm of ESL and I am eager to learn more about the best techniques and methods to use while teaching students whose native language is not English. Although I cam into this class with the intention of only teaching ESL in the elementary level setting, I am intrigued by the prospect of being able to teach or mentor students my own age, or even older, the ways of the English language, and possibly even some of the mannerisms and cultural aspects of life in America.
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