Teaching and Testing ESL Reading and Writing Skills

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.

Note: Requirement for Professional Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Previously offered as EDUC 30544.

Course Number: EDUC-40544
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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7/17/2023 - 8/25/2023

$385

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• SECTION ID:

  173819

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  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.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Alca, Melanie, 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.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  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.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/18/2023.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  7/17/2023 - 8/25/2023
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.