Theories and Methods of Language Teaching and Learning

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

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-40110
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

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10/10/2023 - 12/12/2023

$500

In-class

La Jolla

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• SECTION ID:

  176831

• 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 by Principles 4th
  by H. Douglas Brown
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780133925852

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 10/12/2023.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 9/25/2023).
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
10/10/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
10/17/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
10/24/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
10/31/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/7/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/14/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/21/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
11/28/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
12/5/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
12/12/2023	Tue	4:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Room 160, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla

1/16/2024 - 3/22/2024

$475

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  178726

• 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:

  No information available at this time.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/20/2024.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 12/20/2023).
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  1/16/2024 - 3/22/2024
  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.