Grammar and Editing I

Are you an advanced ESL speaker needing to refine your knowledge of English grammar in written and spoken communications?

In this course, you will review the grammar points necessary to correct the most common problems in writing by non-native speakers of English, such as knowing the appropriate usage of:

• present perfect vs. simple past

• prepositions

• articles

• punctuation

• and more

Learn how to recognize and correct your grammar errors and learn how to find the right answers to specific, recurring grammar questions.

Note: Grammar & Editing I and II can be taken in any order. The content is not related, but different topics are covered in each class. 

Course Number: LING-40041
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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7/6/2020 - 8/31/2020

$375

Hybrid

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  149930

• CLASS TYPE:

  Hybrid, Online & Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Bredeck, Elizabeth

  Elizabeth Bredeck is an instructor at the UC San Diego English Language Institute. Before teaching English, she worked in the UC San Diego Literature Department for 13 years, designing and teaching undergraduate courses including intermediate German (integrated skills) and seminars on topics including German national identity, folk and fairy tale, and Kafka. She introduced "German for Reading Knowledge" to the curriculum, supervised German teaching assistants and was a reader for the AP German language exam. Her 1992 book on the language philosopher, Fritz Mauthner, grew out of an interest in the philosophical debate over the relationship between language and thought. Looking for a change, yet wishing to draw on her training in language teaching, she earned a TEFL certific...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Grammar and Beyond Essentials Level 4 1st
  by John D. Bunting, Luciana Diniz, Susan Iannuzzi
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781108697163

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/10/2020.
  

• NOTE:

  Class will be synchronous. Class meetings will be delivered via Zoom. Students must be available to attend Zoom class meetings every week at the dates & times listed.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
7/6/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
7/13/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
7/20/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
7/27/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/3/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/10/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/17/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/24/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/31/2020	Mon	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.