INGL 6996- University Teaching Development

University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

 

Goal Statement

My name is Jo-Anne M. Hernández and this portfolio is a pre-requisite of the course INGL 6996- University Teaching Development. The professors of this course are Ellen Pratt, Mary Sefranek and Sandra Soto and the course is given in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. The course is a requisite for Graduate Teaching Assistants completing the Master’s of Art in English Education

The purpose of this teaching portfolio is to present the knowledge and teaching experience obtained during the three semesters in which we were enrolled in the course INGL 6996- University Teaching Development. The organization of this portfolio follows the four teaching Domains:

- Planning and Preparation
- The Act of Teaching
- Reflection and Assessment of Teaching
- Fulfilling Professional Responsibilities

 

Course Descriptions

Ingl 6996: University Teaching Development: Application of instructional theories and strategies to the teaching of English as a Second Language at the university level. A teaching portfolio is required. This course is an introduction to university teaching that emphasizes teaching English as a Second Language and first-year composition with a long-term objective of preparing graduate teaching assistants for a lifelong, reflective English teaching career.

 

Ingl 3103: Intermediate English I: Analysis of selected readings, such as essays, fiction, poetry or drama, and practice in writing compositions with attention given as needed to grammar and idiomatic expressions. Intermediate English I (INGL 3103) is the first course of a sequence designed for entering students at the Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico who have scored 570 or above on the College Board Entrance Examination, but who have not qualified for advanced placement in the Honors Program of the English Department by obtaining a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Test. Those students who receive 3 on this test are enrolled in English 3103. Students who successfully pass INGL 3103 must pass INGL 3104 and six additional credit hours in the English department courses to satisfy University requirements.

 

Ingl 3104: Intermediate English II: Analysis of selected readings, such as essays, fiction, poetry or drama, and practice in writing compositions with attention given as needed to grammar and idiomatic expressions. Intermediate English II (INGL 3104) is the second course of a sequence designed for entering students at the Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico who have scored 570 or above on the College Board Entrance Examination, but who have not qualified for advanced placement in the Honors Program of the English Department by obtaining a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Test. Those students who receive 3 on this test are enrolled in English 3103. Those students who successfully pass INGL 3103 must pass INGL 3104 and six additional credit hours in the English department courses to satisfy University requirements.