Program Preparation
If you need to improve your language skills before entering the program, we recommend that you study the texts listed below or enroll in any of the following courses offered quarterly through UC San Diego Extension's Spanish Language Program, English Language Institute, Writing Program and Healthcare Program. Similar courses offered elsewhere are encouraged as well.
English Enhancement
Oral skills
GINT-80779 Accent Reduction Seminar
LING-40076 Pronunciation and Fluency
LING-40083 Advanced Pronunciation and Fluency
LING-40078 Pronunciation Workshop: Vowels
LING-40079 Pronunciation Workshop: Consonants
GINT-80025 Conversation Improvement
GINT-80026 Advanced Conversation Improvement
LING-40081 Effective Oral Presentation
Grammar/Writing Skills
LING-40082 Grammar and Vocabulary Building
LING-40214 Grammar and Editing
WCWP-4V234 Grammar Lab (Online)
WCWP-4V236 Copyediting I (Online)
Bedford Handbook for Writers, 7th edition
Little, Brown Compact Handbook, 7th edition
Keys for Writers MLA Update, 2009
Understanding and Using English Grammar, Full Ed., & Answer Key
Workbook for Understanding and Using English Grammar, Full Edition
Professional Skills
WCWP-40000 Academic Writing
WCWP-40219 Business Writing for Non-Native Speakers
FPM-4V172 Medical Terminology (Online)
LING-4V042 English for Medical & Healthcare Professionals I (Online)
LING-4V043 English for Medical & Healthcare Professionals II (Online)
Spanish Enhancement
Oral Skills & Grammar/Writing Skills
LASP-40060 Refining Fluency in Spanish: Spain & the Caribbean
LASP-40061 Refining Fluency in Spanish: Mexico & the Southern Cone
LASP-40062 Refining Fluency in Spanish: Andean region & Central America
LASP-40012 Conversations in Spanish: Practical Dialogues
LASP-40056 Conversations in Spanish: Universal Issues
LASP-40080 Conversations in Spanish: Current Events
LTSP-40004 Converstations in Spanish: Literary Cafe
Ortografía de la lengua española, Real Academia Española
Real Academia Española
La Página del Idioma Española
The Fundéu BBVA
Ortografía de la Lengua Española/Spelling in Spanish
by Real Academia Española. Spanish Edition, Paperback - 2009.
Madrid: Editorial Espasa Calpe, 2001. ISBN: 842396812X
Gramática de la Lengua Española
by Llorach (Paperback - 1999). Madrid: Editorial Espasa Calpe, 1999.
Real Academia Española. ISBN: 978-84-239-7916-5
Ortografiia De Uso Del Espanol Actual/Spelling of Present Day
by Leonardo Gómez Torrego. Spanish Edition, Paperback - Jul 2000.
Madrid: Ediciones SM, 2003. ISBN: 84-348-6880-6
Gramatica Didactica Del Espanol
by Leonardo Gómez Torrego. Spanish Edition, Paperback - Jan 12, 1998. Madrid: Ediciones SM, 2002. ISBN: 84-348-8587-5
Professional Skills
LASP-40011 Spanish for the Medical Health Profession
FPM-40476 Cultural Competency and the Hispanic Patient
