Advanced Analysis of English Sentence Structure I

Explore the complexities of English structures and how and when they are used (pragmatics) in this TEFL certificate course. Special emphasis is on areas of syntax unique to English and most difficult to non-native speakers, both prescriptive and descriptive forms.

You will study highly specialized features of English grammar and learn how best to teach and integrate the practice of these features in all types of ESL and EFL lessons.

Areas covered:

• syntactic variations related to gender, age, socio-economics, and other factors
• important connection between syntax, morphology, and semantics
• how best to teach and integrate grammar instruction in all types of EFL lessons

Note: A strong command of English is a prerequisite for this course. (iBT TOEFL:80, TOEIC:760)

Advanced Analysis of English Sentence Structure I and Advanced Analysis of English Sentence Structure II do have to be taken in any particular order.

This is a required course for the Professional Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate program.

Course Number: LING-40045
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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1/6/2020 - 2/19/2020

$395

In-class

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  145101

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Gonzalez, Kim, TEFL Certificate Program Coordinator; ESL Instructor at ELI & teaching English for over 30 years; Presenter for CATESOL, TESOL & NAFSA.

  Kim Gonzalez Lawgali is the TEFL Certificate Program Coordinator and instructor at UC San Diego's English Language Institute. She is also adjunct professor of TESOL at Alliant International University in the MA TESOL program. From 1989 to 2005, she taught and was coordinator of the TESOL Certificate program in the Education Department at UC San Diego Extension before creating the TEFL Certificate program through the English Language Institute at UC San Diego where she was teacher of the year in 1995 and 1999. Before joining UC San Diego, she taught at the American Language Institute at San Diego State University for ten years and taught adult education at the Mid City Adult Center for thirteen years. Her first English teaching job was in Tunisia. She has been teaching English for o...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  How to Teach Grammar 1st
  by Thornbury, Scott.
  ISBN / ASIN: 0582339324

  TEFL Program: Advanced Analysis of English Sentence Structure I 1st
  by Kim Gonzalez
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780100725294

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/10/2020.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 12/18/19).
  1st no meeting date: 1/20/20.
  2nd no meeting date: 2/17/20.
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/6/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/8/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/10/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/13/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/15/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/17/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/22/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/24/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/27/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/29/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/31/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/3/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/5/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/7/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/10/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/12/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/14/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/19/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:45 p.m.	Room 161, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla