Conversation Improvement

Increase your confidence and comfort level while improving your conversational ESL skills with both native and non-native English speakers in this course.

Identify key strategies and specific conversation techniques to help you improve your spoken English through:

• practice dialogues

• situational role-playing

Learn in a lively, fun classroom environment which builds your confidence in conversing in English while further developing your speaking and listening skills.

Course Number: COMM-80000
Credit: 0.00 unit(s)

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5/1/2023 - 6/12/2023

$251

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• SECTION ID:

  173335

• 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:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 5/4/2023.
  1st no meeting date: 5/29/2023.
  

• NOTE:

  Course instruction will be delivered synchronously ONLINE on the days & times listed. Students must attend the live online Zoom meetings for course instruction. Instructor will also supplement the Zoom class meetings with online resources, assignments, and tasks via Canvas. Students will need to participate in both the Zoom classes as well as the online course via Canvas in order to be successful in this course.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
5/1/2023	Mon	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.
5/8/2023	Mon	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.
5/15/2023	Mon	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.
5/22/2023	Mon	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.
6/5/2023	Mon	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.
6/12/2023	Mon	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.