You may be asked to teach your own class. If so, what teaching methodologies and techniques would you utilize to teach your language to U.S. students? This brief essay should focus on the language you will be teaching in the U.S. (not English). Mention any innovative approaches you have utilized as a teacher or encountered as a learner that you may employ.

As a young, motivated, teacher who is fond of using innovation, I want to allow my American students to learn Russian by immersion in various aspects of Russian history and modern

culture

. From the historical traditions of village gatherings with tea to modern rap performances. I will apply modern technologies

such

as mobile applications, elements of

gamification

, and social networks. For me it is important to

use

as much of the Russian

language

in the classroom as I can

use

technologies

such

as total physical response, TPRS, the natural approach to

increase

student talking

time

. I think it is necessary to teach with

humor

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

humour

, to try to be the students’ friend and mentor, and to speak the living

language

.

Although

I plan on teaching with immersion in Russian using the direct method and the fact that 90% of the

time

students will speak Russian, I believe my advantage is that I will be able to explain complex aspects of grammar and mentality (

for

example

, the difference in the response «How are you?» Between Russian and American

culture

) in English.

Language

learning is inseparable from immersion in the

culture

of the country of the learning

language

. I think it is important to show the richness of the

culture

behind the

language

, and what the opportunities are when learning a

language

.

This

can be done through listening to modern Russian music, its performance, discussing movies and TV shows. And through the discussion about stand-up

performances students

Suggestion

performances, students

performance students

performance performance students

will be able to understand Russian

humor

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

humour

and actual topics. I have a few possible activities ready to go: speaking clubs,

for

example

, "Some tea with granny", "rap battle", quiz,

for

example

, the game "What? Where? When?"

on

Suggestion

On

a given topic. All the above will allow applying acquired knowledge into practice gradually and imperceptibly for students will allow them to break the

language

barrier and

increase

their confidence in speaking.

Such

activities will show the differences and similarities between Russian and American

culture

. The

use

of bright presentations, video, and audio materials, as well as

gamification

will

increase

engagement and will not leave anyone on the sidelines.

For

example

, surveys in the app Kahoot will help to achieve a good workout and goal setting sessions, and a team or a single game in Quizlet will help students to remember the

vocabulary

that was established earlier. Board games

such

as taboo, mafia, Imaginarium, Lotto, and others, are aimed to repeat traversed

vocabulary

, raise the students’ involvement. One of the key strategies of

language

learning – the reduction of teaching talking

time

and, with the help of technologies

such

as total physical response,

tprs

, to

increase

student talking

time

. The Natural approach technology is very similar to the direct method and is responsible for the active

use

of the

language

according to a similar

language

learning scheme for babies. It allows you to enter

new

Suggestion

the new vocabulary

vocabulary

into the active phase while allowing you to teach and study speaking 90% of the

time

Russian. During the teaching and practice of the material, the teacher should monitor, including using concept checking questions, check for errors, and engage with students. The eliciting technique with the help of antonyms, synonyms, definitions, visuals, a word map, and much more will allow me to teach students

vocabulary

, avoiding the transition to English. My enthusiasm, the modern teaching technologies I have already mastered and tried out, my involvement in the educational process and Russian

culture

make me an ideal candidate for the FLTA program. It would be fascinating for me to teach Russian; I strive to work creatively and diversely. Thank you for considering my application.