This course is designed to coach Freshman English majors to distinguish and reproduce all of the sounds of American / Canadian spoken English. Students will work on the identification and articulation of vowels, and consonants, will identify meaning-change through intonation, will understand the voicing of polysyllabic words, and will understand the principles of English sentence stress, rhythm, and phrasing. Students will interact with the instructor -and with each other- as individuals, in pairs and in small groups. The structure of this course will rely heavily on ESL pronunciation and linguistic texts and related listening material. It will also afford students the opportunity to develop their English pronunciation skills using group dialoging, interactive theatre and other communicative methodologies.
The newest cohorts of university students from around the globe will only ever remember growing up in a world connected by the internet. Against this backdrop of ever-expanding networks and highly interactive computer experience, traditional forms of mass media might seem outmoded and irrelevant. Nevertheless, by taking the approach that we have now entered the ‘post-mass-mediated’ era, we will explore the social, cultural and political histories of traditional mass media forms and understand how they remain intrinsically tied up with and influence modern communications, social relations and culture. This course will utilize readings and various media texts to both, better understand these media histories and also, to unpack them in modern contexts. Here, this course will also seek to develop ways of understanding the ‘flow’ of mass mediated texts as they have been seen to circulate through local and global spaces.
The goal of Oral Training Two is to provide Sophomore English majors with opportunity and exposure to conversational English. Students will interact with the instructor -and with each other- as individuals, in pairs and in small groups, so as to reproduce an immersed ‘whole language’ learning environment. This course will build upon, and supplement, those communicative skills developed during the Oral Training One course. During Oral Training Two, students will focus on ‘authentic’ intermediate-level material derived from the broadcast media and the internet. Students will be coached to develop their formal oral presentation skills, debating and argumentation skills and ‘real-world’ discussion strategies.
The goal of Oral Training Two is to provide Sophomore English majors with opportunity and exposure to conversational English. Students will interact with the instructor -and with each other- as individuals, in pairs and in small groups, so as to reproduce an immersed ‘whole language’ learning environment. This course will build upon, and supplement, those communicative skills developed during the Oral Training One course. During Oral Training Two, students will focus on ‘authentic’ intermediate-level material derived from the broadcast media and the internet. Students will be coached to develop their formal oral presentation skills, debating and argumentation skills and ‘real-world’ discussion strategies.
This course is designed to provide Freshman English majors with opportunity and exposure to conversational English. Students will interact with the instructor -and with each other- as individuals, in pairs and in small groups, so as to reproduce an immersed ‘whole language’ learning environment. By focusing on authentic, high-interest material and situational English usage, students will be coached to develop the necessary skill and confidence to inter-connect with English language culture. They will also learn to deploy a variety of communicative strategies to more accurately use the English language to engage pro-actively in the real world.
This course is designed to provide Freshman English majors with opportunity and exposure to conversational English. Students will interact with the instructor -and with each other- as individuals, in pairs and in small groups, so as to reproduce an immersed ‘whole language’ learning environment. By focusing on authentic, high-interest material and situational English usage, students will be coached to develop the necessary skill and confidence to inter-connect with English language culture. They will also learn to deploy a variety of communicative strategies to more accurately use the English language to engage pro-actively in the real world.
This course is designed to help students develop effective writing skills in English. Upon completion of this course, students will be equipped to write a five-paragraph essay using a variety of rhetorical modes. Students will also learn to respond to TOEFL style essay questions and will learn a variety of business writing skills and short research essay writing. Over the duration of the course, students will be exposed to a wide selection of printed and digitally published material.
This course will seek to introduce students to a historical assessment of internet culture as it has developed since the early 1990’s. Using material and introductory theory developed from the field of Communications and Cultural Studies, this course will also deal with a variety of social, cultural and political / economic issues that have become relevant since the development of personal computing. Course material will include the most recent and relevant issues in the news and will utilize discursive texts as focus points for discussion, presentation and assignment. This course closely mirrors similar courses in cyber-culture taught in universities across Canada and the United States.
The goal of Oral Training Two is to provide Sophomore English majors with opportunity and exposure to conversational English. Students will interact with the instructor -and with each other- as individuals, in pairs and in small groups, so as to reproduce an immersed ‘whole language’ learning environment. This course will build upon, and supplement, those communicative skills developed during the Oral Training One course. During Oral Training Two, students will focus on ‘authentic’ intermediate-level material derived from the broadcast media and the internet. Students will be coached to develop their formal oral presentation skills, debating and argumentation skills and ‘real-world’ discussion strategies.
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