Building Oral Communication Skills through Current Events

Discussing current events and news stories with confidence and ease requires clear, concise, and effective speaking skills. The ability to understand complex ideas, summarize information, and share your own perspective on the topic are equally essential to having meaningful discussions with many different types of people. Through a variety of media sources, genres, and topics, you will learn conversational strategies to initiate and maintain discussions about current events and news occurring in the local and global communities.

Course Number: LANG-40028
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)

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1/23/2024 - 3/14/2024

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• SECTION ID:

  179745

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Adams, Faeren, MA in TESOL; BA in English Literature; ESL instructor since 2010

  Faeren Adams has been an instructor with UC San Diego Department of Extended Studies (DES) since 2010. She holds a BA in English Literature and a MATESOL (Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). She also has a professional certificate in teaching online from DES. She has taught English in Ecuador and South Korea. The core of her approach is helping students analyze their own language skills for their personal language challenges. She believes that everyone can benefit from learning how to learn better and so she incorporates research-based methodologies that help students learn more effectively. She has taught all skill areas at all skill levels for more than 2 decades.  

• TEXTBOOKS:

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• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/27/2024.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $309 ($334 if enrolled after 12/20/2023).
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/23/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
1/25/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
1/30/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/1/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/6/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/8/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/13/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/15/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/20/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/22/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/27/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
2/29/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/5/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/7/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/12/2024	Tue	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.
3/14/2024	Thu	5:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.