Best Methods in Teaching Speaking Skills
LING-40050
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:
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conversational discourse
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pronunciation
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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:
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specific contexts
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performable variables
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colloquial language
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pronunciation factors
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interaction
Course Information
Course sessions
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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:
No textbook required.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 6/30/2025
Schedule:
| Date | Day | Start | End | Location |
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| 6/26/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 7/3/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 7/10/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 7/17/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 7/24/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 7/31/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 8/7/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 8/14/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 8/21/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
| 8/28/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Room 440, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego |
Instructor: Christina Andrade, M.Ed., TESOL
9 years of ESL teaching experience and ESL Instructor at ELI. Presenter for CATESOL.
Christina Andrade, M.Ed., is a California-born educator who has taught English as a second language around the world. She is also a passionate action researcher dedicated to the constant learning that comes from the teaching process. Christina graduated with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003. Following the completion of her Bachelors in Communication, she earned her CELTA teaching certificate from Cambridge and taught in Australia. After years of living and teaching abroad, from Micronesia to Australia, she moved to San Diego to continue her education with a Master’s of Education in TESOL, Culture and Literacy from the University of San Diego, where she received the School of Leadership and Education Award of Distinction. Christina loves to share her passion for teaching as a teacher-trainer in the UCSD Extension TEFL program and the TESOL program at the University of San Diego. Christina created the curriculum for the University of San Diego’s TEFL Certificate program and also instructs full-time at UCSD’s English Language Institute.
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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: 10/10/2025
Schedule:
Instructor:
Andreea Corona
