Best Methods in Teaching Pronunciation and Fluency

Features of English phonetics, phonology, stress, and intonation will be drawn on to enrich instruction in best practices for teaching and learning pronunciation in a TEFL environment.

Going beyond discrete sounds, this course will focus on the suprasegmental aspects of English pronunciation for both formal and informal situations such as:

• stress

• rhythm

• pitch

• intonation patterns

Specific techniques for accent reduction, plus important information on body language for clear communication in English, will be presented. Lastly, the course will emphasize the integration of pronunication instruction and practice in all types of lessons.

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-40047
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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7/10/2023 - 9/13/2023

$500

In-class

La Jolla

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• SECTION ID:

  173224

• CLASS TYPE:

  This is a traditional classroom setting.
  
  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.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Quinn, Jessica, ESL instructor since 2008

  Jessica Quinn has been an ESL instructor for the English Language Institute (ELI) at UC San Diego Extension since June 2011. She attended UCLA and San Diego State University, where she earned a master's in applied linguistics, before beginning her career teaching at several community colleges and intensive English programs in the San Diego area. She has taught ESL in California and abroad at all levels and in all skill areas, including reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as grammar, vocabulary and test preparation. In addition to her experience teaching ESL, Quinn has worked with native and non-native English-speaking children in both professional and volunteer capacities. She has created curricula for classroom use, book club materials, and tutor-training gu...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Teaching American English Pronunciation 1st
  by Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780194328159

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/13/2023.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 6/21/2023).
  1st no meeting date: 7/31/2023.
  2nd no meeting date: 8/2/2023.
  3rd no meeting date: 9/4/2023.
  

• NOTE:

  Course instruction will be delivered in-person on the days & times listed. Students must attend in-person classes. Instructor may also supplement the in-person class meetings with online resources, assignments, and tasks via Canvas. Students will need to participate in both the in-person classes as well as the online course via Canvas in order to be successful in this course.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
7/10/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/12/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/17/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/19/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/24/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
7/26/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/7/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/9/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/14/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/16/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/21/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/23/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/28/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
8/30/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
9/6/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
9/11/2023	Mon	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
9/13/2023	Wed	1:30 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla

10/9/2023 - 12/15/2023

$475

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  176826

• 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:
  

  Corona, Andreea, Linguistics Lecturer at UCSB; English Language Fellow in Turkey 2013-2014; online TESOL Program Subject Matter Expert and instructional developer

  Andreea Corona currently serves as a Continuing Lecturer in the Linguistics Department in the English for Multilingual Students (EMS) Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she teaches multiple levels of academic reading and writing courses for international undergraduate and graduate students. In her fifteen years of teaching thus far, she has taught a variety of academic courses in intensive language programs such as at the University of San Diego, where she also received her Master’s in Education in TESOL, Literacy, and Culture, as well as several composition courses at community colleges throughout the San Diego area. She has also taught internationally in Italy, Mexico, Romania, and Turkey, where she served as an English Language Fellow for the U.S. Dep...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Beyond Repeat After Me: Teaching Pronunciation to English Learners 1st
  by Marla Tritch Yoshida
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781942799467

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 10/11/2023.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 9/25/2023).
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  10/9/2023 - 12/15/2023
  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.