My Master’s Project Portfolio is a collection of artifacts, which I thoughtfully and carefully created over the past two years in the Language Teaching Studies (LTS) Program. These were curated to represent the program’s six competencies: Language as a Dynamic System, Design, Digitally-Mediated Learning, Assessment, Teaching, and Research. The featured lesson plans, course design, materials, and assessment center towards my two languages: Tagalog and English, but cover a variety of teaching contexts such as Tagalog Immersion classes for heritage language learners, and English after-school programs for foreign language learners. In this portfolio, I present research about different aspects of language teaching, my language teaching philosophy statement, and reflections of my teaching experiences while in the program. I also share vignettes of my time as a teacher, as well as reflections on my artifacts, and how these served as my inspiration and motivation throughout my studies. 

      This final project is a testament of how the LTS Program has made a significant impact on both my professional and personal growth. I learned from this project the value of working collaboratively as a team, aligning all my decisions with my goals, and more importantly, making every aspect of my work purposeful and meaningful. I do hope that this collection can contribute, in any shape or form, to providing better education to language learners and beyond. 

      The University of Oregon Master of Arts degree in Language Teaching Studies (LTS) is a program designed to help students acquire knowledge and skills related to language pedagogy, curriculum design, materials development, and assessment. It emphasizes the role of contextual, environmental, and resources factors in language learners’ success, and the importance of evidence-based practices in the field. It is an intensive program that allows students to focus on multiple languages, and in a diverse range of teaching contexts. The LTS courses are highly collaborative and student-centered, and promote an interactive approach to learning. The program has 50 credits of Linguistics and Language Teaching coursework, and is culminated by the Master’s Project course.