Best Methods in Teaching Listening Skills
LING-40048
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
- schema
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.
Course Information
Course sessions
Section ID:
Class type:
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:
TEFL Program: Teaching Listening 1st
by Nicola Teague
ISBN / ASIN: 9780100724150
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 10/11/2024
- Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 8/5/2024)
Schedule:
| Date | Day | Start | End | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/9/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 10/16/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 10/23/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 10/30/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 11/6/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 11/13/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 11/20/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 11/27/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 12/4/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 12/11/2024 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
Instructor:
Nicola Teague, MEd in TESOL and Special Needs
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 levels. She also worked in the short term customized programs which included Korean and Brazilian teacher training. For the last eight years she has taught in the TEFL program instructing core classes of reading, writing, listening and speaking. In addition, she instructs a teacher-trainer workshop that teaches students how to teach the TOEFL. Teague is also a private tutor both in San Diego and to online students in Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
Section ID:
Class type:
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:
All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 1/10/25
- Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 11/18/2024)
Schedule:
Instructor:
Nicola Teague, MEd in TESOL and Special Needs
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 levels. She also worked in the short term customized programs which included Korean and Brazilian teacher training. For the last eight years she has taught in the TEFL program instructing core classes of reading, writing, listening and speaking. In addition, she instructs a teacher-trainer workshop that teaches students how to teach the TOEFL. Teague is also a private tutor both in San Diego and to online students in Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
