Advanced Pronunciation and Fluency

Do you want to “sound American”?

This course is designed for ESL speakers who are familiar with the English sound system and their own pronunciation problems.

Expand your skills in correctly applying English patterns of:

• stress
• intonation
• linking
• reductions

Pronunciation of problematic sounds will also be integrated into class exercises and activities.

Note: "Pronunciation and Fluency" (LING-40076), or the equivalent, is a recommended prerequisite for this course.

Course Number: LING-40083
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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10/9/2019 - 12/4/2019

$375

In-class

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  143089

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Mattson, Lucy, English Language Instructor, UC San Diego Extension

  A La Jolla native, Lucy has a B. A. in Education and a TESOL Certificate. She has spent time and tutored English in Mexico and France. Her travels in Asia, India, and the Middle East have made her aware of and sensitive to the challenges and nuances of English pronunciation and accuracy of expression faced by English language learners from different parts of the world. She worked with EFL students at Doyle, Bird Rock, and La Jolla Elementary schools in their remedial reading and speaking programs. After moving to New York, she taught English at New York Language Center for four years. Upon returning to San Diego in 2004, she worked at San Diego International Academy of English and at Southern States University as head teacher until 2013. Since December, 2013, she has been teaching at th...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Targeting Pronunciation 2nd
  by Sue F. Miller
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780618444182

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 10/13/2019.
  1st no meeting date: 11/27/2019.
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
10/9/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
10/16/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
10/23/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
10/30/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/6/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/13/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/20/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
12/4/2019	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:25 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla

1/15/2020 - 3/11/2020

$375

In-class

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• SECTION ID:

  145129

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Mattson, Lucy, English Language Instructor, UC San Diego Extension

  A La Jolla native, Lucy has a B. A. in Education and a TESOL Certificate. She has spent time and tutored English in Mexico and France. Her travels in Asia, India, and the Middle East have made her aware of and sensitive to the challenges and nuances of English pronunciation and accuracy of expression faced by English language learners from different parts of the world. She worked with EFL students at Doyle, Bird Rock, and La Jolla Elementary schools in their remedial reading and speaking programs. After moving to New York, she taught English at New York Language Center for four years. Upon returning to San Diego in 2004, she worked at San Diego International Academy of English and at Southern States University as head teacher until 2013. Since December, 2013, she has been teaching at th...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Targeting Pronunciation 2nd
  by Sue F. Miller
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780618444182

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/15/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/22/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/29/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/5/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/12/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/19/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/26/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
3/4/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
3/11/2020	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla