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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4/3/2018 - 5/29/2018

$375

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• SECTION ID:

  130585

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Anderson, Makaela, Program representative for the ELI 10-week Program. EFL/ESL adult/young adult education instructor.

  Makaela Anderson is an instructor with the EAPD program at UC San Diego's English Language Institute. She has spent 4 years teaching at both private and public universities, as well as private English schools. In addition to teaching, Anderson has been a freelance technical writer and editor for companies in the U.S. and abroad. Anderson focuses on a student-centered approach, using lively and diverse topics and activities to mimic common interactions and situations so students can take what they learn in class and use it in their everyday life. As a result, her classes challenge students to become self-aware, reflect and think critically as part of achieving set language goals. Makaela proudly holds a bachelor's in political science from UC San Diego, a master's in Latin American studies from Stanford University and a CELTA.   

• 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: 4/7/2018.
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
4/3/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
4/10/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
4/17/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
4/24/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/1/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/8/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/15/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/22/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 143, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/29/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
6/5/2018	Tue	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 151, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla

7/2/2018 - 8/27/2018

$375

In-class

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• SECTION ID:

  132533

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Anderson, Makaela, Program representative for the ELI 10-week Program. EFL/ESL adult/young adult education instructor.

  Makaela Anderson is an instructor with the EAPD program at UC San Diego's English Language Institute. She has spent 4 years teaching at both private and public universities, as well as private English schools. In addition to teaching, Anderson has been a freelance technical writer and editor for companies in the U.S. and abroad. Anderson focuses on a student-centered approach, using lively and diverse topics and activities to mimic common interactions and situations so students can take what they learn in class and use it in their everyday life. As a result, her classes challenge students to become self-aware, reflect and think critically as part of achieving set language goals. Makaela proudly holds a bachelor's in political science from UC San Diego, a master's in Latin American studies from Stanford University and a CELTA.   

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No information available at this time.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/6/2018.
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
7/2/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/9/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/16/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/23/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/30/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/6/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/13/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/20/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/27/2018	Mon	6:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	Room 142, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla