Dr. Tatiana Sildus

Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

112D Hughes Hall | 235-4505 | tsildus@pittstate.edu

Responsibilities

• Advises elementary and secondary education students and graduate students in the English for Speakers of Other Languages program
• Teaches undergraduate and graduate ESOL courses
• Faculty advisor for international students for the department of Curriculum and Instruction
• Director, Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Chair, Leadership Committee, Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Chair, College of Education Diversity Committee

• CURIN 551 Diversity in the Classroom
• CURIN 552 Culture and Language Acquisition for English Language Learners
• CURIN 553 Assessment and the English Language Learner
• CURIN 554 Methods and Instructional Materials for English Language Learners
• CURIN 555 Practicum with English Language Learners
• CURIN 852 Advanced Culture and Language Acquisition for English Language Learners
• CURIN 853 Advanced Assessment and the English Language Learner
• CURIN 854 Advanced Methods and Instructional Materials for English Language Learners
• CURIN 855 Advanced Practicum with English Language Learners

• PhD, Kansas State University
• MS, Vladimir State Pedagogical University
• BSEd, Vladimir State Pedagogical University

Research Interests

• Language and Cognition
• Brain - Compatible Learning
• Cooperative Learning
• Multiple Intelligences
• Communicative Language Teaching
• Language Assessment
• Diversity/Multiculturalism
• Comparative/International Education
• Technology and Language Learning

Other Links

• National Association on Bilingual Education (NABE)
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL)
• Kansas World Language Association (KSWLA)
• Kansas Association of Teachers of English for Speakers of other Languages (KATESOL)