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Teaching Writing for Academic and Professional Purposes

LING-40044

This TEFL certificate course will treat in-depth the discourse features of successful writing in English, in particular for academic and professional communication in the U.S. and around the world.

The following are specific to good written English and are often not found in the same ways in the writing of other languages:

  • uses of reference

  • substitution

  • ellipsis

  • conjunction

  • lexical cohesion

Through this course, you will review the rhetorical and formal conventions of good writing, and the most effective ways to share that knowledge with your ESL and EFL students in helping them develop successful writing skills and rhetoric. Using process strategies (prewriting, composing, revising, and editing) will also be discussed as an integral component in effective writing instruction. 

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.

Course sessions

Closed

Section ID:

188508

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:

Teaching Academic Writing: An Introduction for Teachers of Second Language Writers 1st
by Brian Richard Paltridge

ISBN / ASIN: 9780472033348

The Same Bright Moon: Teaching China's New Generation During Covid 1st
by Wendy Bashant

ISBN / ASIN: 9798885280518

You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 4/5/2025
  • Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 3/3/2025)

Schedule:

Date Day Start End Location
4/3/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
4/10/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
4/17/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
4/24/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
5/1/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
5/8/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
5/15/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
5/22/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
5/29/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
6/5/2025 Thu 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Room 435, UCSD Division of Extended Studies 8980, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego
Closed

Instructor: Christina Andrade, M.Ed., TESOL

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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Section ID:

192667

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:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 10/10/2025

Schedule:

No information available at this time.
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Instructor: Christina Andrade, M.Ed., TESOL

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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