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:
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conversational discourse
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pronunciation
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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:
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specific contexts
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performable variables
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colloquial language
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pronunciation factors
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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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10/12/2020 - 12/11/2020
$395
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.
Quinn, Jessica, ESL instructor since 2008
Jessica Quinn has been an ESL instructor for the English Language Institute (ELI) at UC San Diego Extension since June 2011. She attended UCLA and San Diego State University, where she earned a master's in applied linguistics, before beginning her career teaching at several community colleges and intensive English programs in the San Diego area. She has taught ESL in California and abroad at all levels and in all skill areas, including reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as grammar, vocabulary and test preparation. In addition to her experience teaching ESL, Quinn has worked with native and non-native English-speaking children in both professional and volunteer capacities. She has created curricula for classroom use, book club materials, and tutor-training gu...Read More
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
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDHow to Teach Speaking 1st
by Scott Thornbury
ISBN / ASIN: 0582853591
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 10/16/2020.
Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 9/23/2020).
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NOTE:
This is an Online Asynchronous course.
All instruction and course materials delivered and
completed online between the published course start and
end dates. You will have access to your course on the
published start date OR 1 business day after your
enrollment is confirmed, if you enroll on or after the
published start date.
To login to your course, go to your MyExtension
account, select My Courses, select this course and then
click the link that appears under Online Provider.
10/12/2020 - 12/11/2020
extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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1/11/2021 - 3/12/2021
$370
Hybrid
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CLASS TYPE:
In-class + web based.
This learning experience is intentionally designed as a combination of in-class and web-based instruction. In-class meetings follow the published schedule. Students are also expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
Quinn, Jessica, ESL instructor since 2008
Jessica Quinn has been an ESL instructor for the English Language Institute (ELI) at UC San Diego Extension since June 2011. She attended UCLA and San Diego State University, where she earned a master's in applied linguistics, before beginning her career teaching at several community colleges and intensive English programs in the San Diego area. She has taught ESL in California and abroad at all levels and in all skill areas, including reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as grammar, vocabulary and test preparation. In addition to her experience teaching ESL, Quinn has worked with native and non-native English-speaking children in both professional and volunteer capacities. She has created curricula for classroom use, book club materials, and tutor-training gu...Read More
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TEXTBOOKS:
No information available at this time.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 1/15/2021.
Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 12/23/2020).
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NOTE:
This course will have both a synchronous (in-person) and asynchronous (online) workload. There will be required weekly synchronous course meetings IN-PERSON at the below scheduled date and times. Students MUST attend the weekly course meetings in order to pass this class. Students will also be responsible for completing asynchronous coursework adhering to weekly submission deadlines as prescribed by the instructor. Students will have access to the online course on the published start date.
| DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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| 1/13/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 1/20/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 1/27/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 2/3/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 2/10/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 2/17/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 2/24/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
| 3/3/2021 | Wed | 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the International Programs - Bldg. E department at 858-534-6784 or ipinfo@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.