Best Methods in Teaching Speaking Skills

Learn the best methods for getting ESL and EFL students to speak English and which tasks encourage meaningful interaction.

This course will address types and idiosyncrasies of the spoken language as well as micro skills of speaking that are factors in the oral code.

Review current issues in teaching oral communication by analyzing:

• conversational discourse

• pronunciation

• affective factors

This course will suggest fluency and accuracy activities that can be used in and out of the classroom.

Learn factors that hamper improved speaking skills for ESL and ESL learners including:

• specific contexts

• performable variables

• colloquial language

• pronunciation factors

• interaction

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-40050
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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1/10/2023 - 3/14/2023

$500

In-class

La Jolla

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  170647

• 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:
  

  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

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  TEFL Program: Teaching Speaking Skills 1st
  by Nicola Teague
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780100725836

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/13/2023.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 12/19/2022).
  

• NOTE:

  Course instruction will be delivered in-person on the days & times listed. Students must attend in-person classes. Instructor will 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
1/10/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/17/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/24/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/31/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/7/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/14/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/21/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/28/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
3/7/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
3/14/2023	Tue	5:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla