About Me
Welcome to my about me page! Here's a little bit (maybe not so little!) of information about me in order to get to know me better.
Name: MC Augstkalns
Age: 36
Hometown: Vienna, WV
Pets: A lot! Six cats, five fish tanks, and two axolotls!
Pronouns: They/them (agender)
Hobbies: Reading, playing video games, my little free library, and streaming on Twitch
Advocacies: Ukraine, embracing mental health and neurodiversity, literacy
Languages: English, French, Ukrainian
Pet Peeve: Being called Mary Catherine, or especially Mary
Faves: My favorite TV shows are Avatar: The Last Airbender, Parks & Recreation, and Seinfeld. My favorite movie is Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. My favorite musical is Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Additional: I have a vast video game collection - over 1500 games! This is one of my primary autistic special interests.
Wow! That's a lot about me! Thanks for reading.
Master's Courses
Below you can find a list of the courses I took during my Master's degree if you are interested in discovering exactly what a background in Applied Linguistics entails.
Language Learning
Methods and Materials in TEFL
TEFL Practicum
Grammar
Phonetics
Computers in Language Teaching 1
Computers in Language Teaching 2
Computers in Language Teaching Practicum
Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Semantics and Pragmatics
Assessing Language Abilities
Grammar in Use
Grammar and Syntax
Teaching Reading & Writing
Sociolinguistics
Research Practicum