This is a very brief introduction to the most general, intriguing and illuminating points of intersection between literature and other subjects such as philosophy, art, education, politics, religion, etc. It is an interdisciplinary course which aims at highlighting the value of literature in the development of human beings. Students will be instructed to recognise and understand the interaction between literature and other social and science subjects in the history of humankind. Through exploring the relationship between literature and other subjects, students will be helped to detect the crucial roles that literature has played in our daily life so that they may make full use of literature consciously to enrich their daily life and to solve their own and community problems.
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of the literary and cinematic forms. The link between the novel and film or TV, the theatre and film or TV, and the film or TV-novel will be examined. Students explore issues pertaining to each medium as well as larger questions related to style and adaption. In this course, several primary texts in detail will be studied and several films will be viewed. Besides, some works by some representative literary and film theorists and historians will be read.
This is a starting course for students to acquire some basic skills needed to engage with theoretically informed writing in literary studies. Students will be introduced the nature of literature and the methods of analysing literature. Critical perspectives and theoretical languages that have informed literary study for the past thousands years from 360 BC to present will be briefly introduced to the students.The students will learn how different theories of literature have emerged as responses to particular issues in culture, philosophy and in society
What is the origin of drama?
What is drama for?
What can we get from drama?
Can we identify the inner structure of a play?
Can we identify what literary devices are used in a playscript?
Do you want to try a role in a play?
Let's be a playman!
Why do some scholars think it is a golden age to learn literature in the digital age?
Do you think videogames is a sub genre of literature?
Do you know you may work as a video game artist?
Do you know how to use Word Cloud, TTR to analyze literature such as a novel or a playscript?
Let's enter a fantastic world and explore together!
Do you know how to express suitably in different occasions or situations?
Do you know how to make a persuasive public speech?
Do you know how to debate?
Do you know how to negotiate?
Do you know how to write a cover letter?
Do you know how to write a business letter?
Do you know how to communicate successfully in your future workplace?
You may find some answers from this course.
This course introduces students to the scientific study of human language. It covers the structure of language, including signs, sounds,
formation of words, sentence structure, meaning, language use, language change and variation in language, language acquisition,
language planning, maintenance of language, and language loss. Students will be able to examine their own language and learning of
a second and even third language. It also covers a brief introduction to Applied Linguistics so that the students will know about
this branch of linguistics.
This course is a general introduction to how to teach English as a second language. It explores the application of second language
acquisition(SLA), which studies how second languages are acquired. The theories undergirding the methods and techniques of
teaching ESL will be covered. It offers a basic framework in EFL/ESL approaches and techniques for teaching English, with an emphasis on
communicative language teaching and SLA research application. The role of the teacher and learner will be analyzed. The relevance of
SLA theory for teaching the various macro-skills will be explored. Topics on the relationship between culture and language learning will be
discussed. This course is intended for students who would like to teach English as a foreign language either as a career or as part of a
travel experience, as well as those who are simply curious about TESOL. Students will research and present a selection of methods of
second language instruction, and be exposed to a variety of language teaching materials.
The history of a language is the history of the people who speak it, those who read and write it, and those who come into contact with it.
The course will examine the origin and development of the English language, from its earliest beginnings in the misty past, through Old
English (or Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, Early Modern English, and Present Day English, and across the post-modern World
Englishes. To be able to do this, the students will be introduced to the origins of English and its changes, modern English grammar, old
English, Middle English, English of Renaissance, Prescriptive Grammar, English of the 19th Century, and American English. At the same
time, some cultural events will be introduced in order to make it clear how those events influenced the changes in the English language. and
across the post-modern globe. The study of what language is and how it changes, and how these changes are grounded in parallel
cultural changes, is therefore a subject of intrinsic value, especially to those interested in literature, linguistics, history, and cultural
studies.
This course is designed for students who have previously taken Beginning and Intermediate French courses.
This course is the continuation of work begun in Beginning French. It is designed for students who have previously taken French course.
This
course is an introduction to French language and culture. It is designed for
students with little or no knowledge of French language or
culture.
| This course introduces students the scientific study of human language and the development of lingistic theory. It examines the history behind English being developed into the world's lingua franca. It covers the structure of language such as language planning, maintenance of language and language loss. It examines main linguistic theories from Sapir-Whorf's hypotheses to theories like Generative grammar and Functional Grammer. Students will be able to not only examine their own language and learning of the second and even third language but also get better understanding of the linguistic concepts. |
It' s obvious that good listening is closely related to one's social and business dealings. This course aims to help students to discover how to listen to Enlish effectively through exploring how to teach listening well so that they can listen to English more effectively and precisly while developing the various skills needed for successful listening comprehension. This course explains the ins and outs of what good listening skills the students should master.The content of this course is designed for learners of English with good foundation of Eglish language. It includes all kinds of backgrounds of English speaking. The students will also be instructed how to extract main ideas, how to identify and understand for specific information, how to understand English with different accents, how to predict, how to check comprehension, how to infer, how to deal with unfamiliar words, how to link ideas, how to understand content from different cultures.
| This course introduces students to the key principles of effective and efficient academic writing. It provides techniques, guidelines and suggestions to improve students' academic writing. Argumentation in difference academic disciplines, particularly social sciences will be highlighted in this course. Students will elarn to make claims, provide evidence, explore underlying assumptions, anticipate and make counter arguments based on the audiences the writing or visuals are for. This course will give students hands-on experience in drafting, organising and revising academic writing. They will learn about making their writing or visuals audience-centered |
This course introduces students to the how the use of English, and any other language, is related to place, situation, users, style, identity, gender, ethnicity, social strata and other factors. They will also explore topics such as accents, dialects, sociolects, varieties of English, English as a world language, code-switching, diglossia, language attitudes, stance, social and regional differences of language, bilingualism, language planning, language maintenance and language death.
This course introduces students to the linguistic, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. They will examine how bilingualism is defined, developed and measured, They will also investigate the psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic bases of bilingualism, and the behaviors of bilinguals. They will explore the issues relating to language and identity, language maintenance and language loss, language planning and bilingual education. One example of bilingual education will be used as a case study for students to understand the issues linked to bilingualism and how it is implemented in a nation.
| The course introduces students to traditional and modern linguistic theories of translation, and factors involving translation including text types, readership, purpose, cultural and psychological aspects of translation in the modern world. Students will get to read articles on translation theories, both traditional and modern, critique translations of different text types, including classical literary works, advertisements, menus, functional writing, etc. They will draw on modern linguistic theories to examine concepts such as equivalence and compensation, and problems relating to the translation of registers, sociolects and dialects. |
One focus of this course is on contemporary British and the meaning of being "British" or "British-ness". Is there an over-arching or unified British identity of culture? If there is, what are the manifestations of this in British history, politics, culture, values, literature, art forms, among others. In what way(s) is/are being British different from the culture and identities of other English-speaking countries such as the U.S.A, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa etc. The other focus of this course is to investigate the history of ideas underlying the writings and practice in the fields of politics, religion, science, philosophy, social science, art literature and economics is America. Students will learn about how these American ideas help to form the culture of the American society and how they influence the intellectual arena and the lives of American People.
The course introduces students to English novels and short stories written in 18th and 19th centuries. The students will critically examine the constituent elements of the novels and the short stories, including the social, cultural, historical and religious contexts, as well as the characters, plot and setting. They will learn to write critical papers in response to the novels. They will read few novels and short stories representative of the periods.
This course introduces students to speech sounds, mainly in the English language, and how they are linked together in a rule-governed way. They will be introduced to physical entities of sounds -- consonants, vowels, diphthongs, etc. (phonetics) and how these sounds form linguistic units (phonology).
This course aims to help students to read more effectively by presenting and developing the various skills needed for successful reading comprehension.
The course introduces students to English novels written in 18th and 19th centuries. They will critically examine the constituent elements of the novels, including the social, cultural, historical and religious contexts, as well as the characters, plot and setting.