Pronunciation and Fluency

Are you an ESL speaker needing to improve your English pronunciation and wanting to be more easily understood in everyday conversation and workplace situations? If so, this course is perfect for you.

The instructor will identify each student’s particular pronunciation difficulties and provide extensive exercises that target your needs.

Learn to pronounce words in a manner that is easier for native speakers to understand.

By the end of the class, you will have :

• earned an awareness of your problem sounds
• learned how to produce those sounds accurately and clearly
• learned how to continue refining your speech while strengthening overall confidence in speaking

Course Number: LING-40076
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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4/12/2023 - 6/14/2023

$500

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• SECTION ID:

  173497

• CLASS TYPE:

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

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Mattson, Lucy, English Language Instructor, UC San Diego Extension

  A La Jolla native, Lucy has a B. A. in Education and a TESOL Certificate. She has spent time and tutored English in Mexico and France. Her travels in Asia, India, and the Middle East have made her aware of and sensitive to the challenges and nuances of English pronunciation and accuracy of expression faced by English language learners from different parts of the world. She worked with EFL students at Doyle, Bird Rock, and La Jolla Elementary schools in their remedial reading and speaking programs. After moving to New York, she taught English at New York Language Center for four years. Upon returning to San Diego in 2004, she worked at San Diego International Academy of English and at Southern States University as head teacher until 2013. Since December, 2013, she has been teaching at th...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 4/15/2023.
  

• NOTE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published dates and times. You will have access to your online 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.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
4/12/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
4/19/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
4/26/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
5/3/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
5/10/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
5/17/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
5/24/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
5/31/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
6/7/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.
6/14/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:30 p.m.