Charlotte Otto
I am an educator with close to a decade of teaching experience. I have a BCom Financial Management Sciences degree as well as a PGCE (Senior and FET). I have taught Accounting and Business Studies to high school students in South Africa before becoming an ESL educator in South Korea. I am currently in the process of obtaining my master’s degree in applied linguistics through the University of Birmingham.
Sessions
The Role That English Plays in the World Today
I did research to establish whether English is imperialist, democratic, or neutral. The initial spread of English in the world might have been an imperialistic process; but in a modern society with globalization, the continued development of technology, and the expansion of business, there has been an increased need to adopt a lingua franca. English has been adopted and adapted to facilitate this role. At present, approximately one in every three people in the world are able of communicating at a proficient level of English. English has become a useful additional resource to society that contributes to a greater cultural understanding and advancement. *** Part of the Graduate Student Showcase; this presentation, itself, is 25 minutes long. ***
Graduate Student Showcase Presentations
This session will feature presentations by our cohort of graduate students: Matt French, "Mental Lexicons and Word Association: A Small-Scale Study" (sync) Nur Fitri Gebers, "Example of a Communicative Lesson for a Mixed-Ability Online English Literature Class" (sync) Gizem Genç & Antonina Nemtinova, "Identities of Turkish High School Students and Their Effects on Learners’ Perceptions of Lesson Theme" (sync) Ehean Kim, "Scratch Coding Workshop Through Design-Based Research" (sync) Kirsten Razzaq, "From SOS to Success: The Distance Learners’ Dissertation Toolkit" (sync) Charlotte Otto, "The Role That English Plays in the World Today" (async) Helmut Otto, "Language Planning: An Example from Africa" (async) Robin Maurice, "A Framework for Adapting and Exploiting Authentic Materials with Young English Learners" (async)