Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 9-1-2024
Course Description
This course is about language development and engaging with DePauw and US culture. We will focus on acquiring an academic register in all four language skills: reading/writing and speaking/listening, as well as vocabulary and grammar, and in different academic modes, such as essays, papers, presentations, and projects.
Recommended Citation
McGill, Jeanne, "ENG 110A&B Academic English Seminar McGill Fall 2024" (2024). All Course Syllabi. 683, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/records_syllabi/683
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Student Outcomes
To facilitate active and meaningful engagement using English ● To improve your fluency and flexibility in English ● To sharpen your skills as readers, speakers, listeners, and writers ● To develop your academic vocabulary ● To provide strategies for becoming an effective self-editor ● To think critically about success and failure, especially regarding language ● To understand the language acquisition process ● To develop awareness about different fields within linguistics, the study of language