Teaching and Testing ESL Reading and Writing Skills
EDUC-40544
This course is designed to expand or update knowledge of reading and writing theories, focusing on teaching techniques for the adult learner in a variety of educational settings. Specific skills to be discussed include skimming, scanning, inferencing, reading literature and poetry to develop critical thinking skills, journal writing, developing and revising essays, incorporating grammar, and error correction. Current and traditional issues will also be reviewed, including whole language, schema theory, connection between reading and writing, assessment, error correction, and the difference between process and product in writing.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
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.
Textbooks:
Teaching ESL/EFL Readingh and Writing 2nd
by ISP Nationand John McCalister
ISBN / ASIN: 9780367433765
Teaching L2 Composition: Purpose, Process, and Practice 3rd
by Dana R. Ferris & John S. Hedgcock
ISBN / ASIN: 9780415894722
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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- No refunds after: 7/15/2025
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Instructor:
Melanie Alca, M.A. in Linguistics
Holds a TESOL certificate and has several years of experience in multiple countries
Melanie Alca has taught ESL since 2003. She began her teaching career overseas and taught in Ecuador, Grenada and Taiwan before transitioning to teaching ESL at the post-secondary level in the U.S. in 2008. She has a TESOL certificate and has taught courses in linguistics and writing composition in addition to ESL classes in all skill areas. Alca also holds a master's in linguistics from San Diego State University.
