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Theories and Methods of Language Teaching and Learning

LING-40110

Become acquainted with the most generally accepted theoretical and methodological models of English language teaching and learning in this TEFL certificate course.

This practical class offers you pedagogical ideas on how to meet the specific needs of various:

  • ages

  • proficiency levels

  • purposes

  • skills

  • contexts

You will build a repertoire of ESL and EFL classroom activities firmly embedded with well-established principles of language acquisition in a step-by-step approach to interactive language teaching.


Focus on:

  • integration of skills

  • learner styles and strategies and preferences

  • multiple intelligences

  • practical steps in lesson design

Course Information

In-Person
Online
3.00 units
$500.00
Notes: A strong command of English is a prerequisite for this course. (iBT TOEFL:79, IELTS 6.5) Requirement for the Professional Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

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This course applies to these programs

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Course sessions

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Section ID:

190939

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.

Textbooks:

Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching 3rd
by Diane Larsen-Freeman
ISBN / ASIN: 9780194423601

You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 6/27/2025

Schedule:

No information available at this time.
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Instructor: Andreea Corona

Andreea Corona
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. Department of State and taught teacher education courses. For the past twelve years, she has developed instructional content for the online TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate Program for the University of San Diego, serving both as a Subject Matter Expert and online instructor for courses such as Methods of Teaching ESL, Linguistics for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and Engaging in the Foreign/Second Language Classroom. Her primary research interests include higher education writing and teacher education and professional development.
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Section ID:

193223

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.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 10/13/2025
  • 1st no meeting date: 11/27/2025

Schedule:

Date Day Start End Location
10/9/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
10/16/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
10/23/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
10/30/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
11/6/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
11/13/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
11/20/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
12/4/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
12/11/2025 Thu 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
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Instructor: Jessica Quinn

Jessica Quinn

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 guides, and she enjoys volunteering in her local community.


 
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