Best Methods in Teaching Speaking Skills

Learn the best methods for getting ESL and EFL students to speak English and tasks that encourage meaningful interaction in this TEFL certificate course.

This class will address types and idiosyncrasies of the spoken language, and micro skills of speaking that are factors in the oral code.

Review current issues in teaching oral communication by analyzing:

• conversational discourse

• pronunciation

• affective factors

This course will suggest fluency and accuracy activities that can be used in and out of the classroom.

Learn factors that hamper improved speaking skills for ESL and ESL learners including:

• specific contexts

• performable variables

• colloquial language

• pronunciation factors

• interaction

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

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

Course Number: LING-40050
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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1/6/2020 - 2/19/2020

$370

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• SECTION ID:

  145121

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Teague, Nicola, ESL Instructor at ELI since 1991. Specializes in reading, writing, listening, speaking, presentations and TOEFL preparation.

  After completing her studies in England, Nicola Teague spent four years teaching ESL in Switzerland. She has since taught ESL in San Diego for over twenty years, specializing in designing and delivering interactive communication classes. Teague joined the American Language Institute at SDSU where she taught in both the academic and communicative programs. She taught a range of levels from beginner to advanced in reading, writing, listening, speaking, presentation skills and TOEFL. Not only did she teach in the two primary programs but also in short term programs that included business and teacher training programs. In 1991 Teague moved to the English Language Program at UC San Diego, where she started in the 10-week program, again teaching a range of skills and l...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No information available at this time.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/10/2020.
  1st no meeting date: 1/20/2020.
  2nd no meeting date: 2/17/2020.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 12/18/2019).
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/6/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/8/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/10/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/13/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/15/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/17/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/22/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/24/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/27/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/29/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/31/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/3/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/5/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/7/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/10/2020	Mon	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/12/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/14/2020	Fri	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/19/2020	Wed	2:30 p.m.	3:55 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla