Become familiar with the different types of listening needs and tasks, as well as the best techniques and methods for helping your ESL and EFL students become more skillful listeners in English.
Essentials of successful listening comprehension:
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making sense of a stream of sounds
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filtering and contextualizing
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applying discourse and cultural information
Bottom-up skills for listening will be contrasted with top-down skills.
Bottom-up skills:
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knowledge of vocabulary
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grammar
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individual sounds
Top-down skills:
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general knowledge
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situational awareness
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By the end of the course, you will know how to integrate the listening skill and practice into reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary instruction.
Note: A strong command of English is a prerequisite for this course. (iBT TOEFL:80, TOEIC:760)
This is a required course for the Professional Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate program.
Course Number: LING-40048
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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7/1/2024 - 9/6/2024
$475
Online
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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.
Teague, Nicola, ESL Instructor at ELI since 1991. Specializes in reading, writing, listening, speaking, presentations and TOEFL preparation.
After completing her studies in England, Nicola Teague spent four years teaching ESL in Switzerland. She has since taught ESL in San Diego for over twenty years, specializing in designing and delivering interactive communication classes. Teague joined the American Language Institute at SDSU where she taught in both the academic and communicative programs. She taught a range of levels from beginner to advanced in reading, writing, listening, speaking, presentation skills and TOEFL. Not only did she teach in the two primary programs but also in short term programs that included business and teacher training programs.
In 1991 Teague moved to the English Language Program at UC San Diego, where she started in the 10-week program, again teaching a range of skills and l...Read More
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POLICIES:
Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 6/5/2024).
No refunds after: 7/5/2024.
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7/1/2024 - 9/6/2024
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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.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the International Programs - Bldg. E department at 858-534-6784 or ipinfo@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.