Teaching Writing for Academic and Professional Purposes
LING-40044
This TEFL certificate course will treat in-depth the discourse features of successful writing in English, in particular for academic and professional communication in the U.S. and around the world.
The following are specific to good written English and are often not found in the same ways in the writing of other languages:
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uses of reference
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substitution
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ellipsis
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conjunction
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lexical cohesion
Through this course, you will review the rhetorical and formal conventions of good writing, and the most effective ways to share that knowledge with your ESL and EFL students in helping them develop successful writing skills and rhetoric. Using process strategies (prewriting, composing, revising, and editing) will also be discussed as an integral component in effective writing instruction.
Course Information
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All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
Textbooks:
Teaching Academic Writing: An Introduction for Teachers of Second Language Writers 1st
by Brian Richard Paltridge
ISBN / ASIN: 9780472033348
The Same Bright Moon: Teaching China's New Generation During Covid 1st
by Wendy Bashant
ISBN / ASIN: 9798885280518
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 4/5/2025
- Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 3/3/2025)
Schedule:
| Date | Day | Start | End | Location |
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| 4/3/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 4/10/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 4/17/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 4/24/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 5/1/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 5/8/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 5/15/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 5/22/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 5/29/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 6/5/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
Instructor:
Christina Andrade, M.Ed., TESOL
9 years of ESL teaching experience and ESL Instructor at ELI. Presenter for CATESOL.
Christina Andrade is a California-born educator who has taught English as a second language around the world. She is a passionate action researcher dedicated to the constant learning that comes from the teaching process. Andrade graduated with highest honors from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2003. Following the completion of her bachelor's in communication, she earned her CELTA teaching certificate from Cambridge and taught in Australia. After years of living and teaching abroad, from Micronesia to Australia, she moved to San Diego to continue her education earning a Master of Education in TESOL, Culture and Literacy from the University of San Diego, where she received the School of Leadership and Education Award of Distinction. Andrade loves to share her passion of teaching as a teacher-trainer in the UC San Diego Extension TEFL program and the TESOL program at the University of San Diego. Andrade created the curriculum for the University of San Diego’s TEFL Certificate program and also instructs full-time at UC San Diego’s English Language Institute.
