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This course is an introduction to speech theory from a rhetorical standpoint (i.e. the use of language to achieve specific ends or produce material effects at particular social contexts). Students will study the major principles and strategies of classical and modern rhetoric, and some of its contemporary applications and implications, focusing on the spoken aspect of rhetoric rather than the written.  They will also practice listening to, analyzing, and delivering speeches on certain topics and issues.

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Introduction to the Renaissance/ Medieval/background/Elizabethan Theatres/Shakespeare's background/ kinds of plays/Background of drama as a genre/Influences on

Shakespeare that added to his genius.

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This course introduces students to Romanticism and develops their understanding of its nature through a close analytical reading of assigned texts from the major poets of the period. The concept of the Romantic Imagination should be studied as a major break from the Neo-Classical Age. 

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Discuss the English Romantic literary movement and its main figures (canonized/sub-canonized) and literary characteristics 

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This course contain of the fundamental stages of language development from a phonological, morphological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic perspectives , How language evolves and changes , and The basic principles of language-learning strategies . 

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1. Define the basic concepts related to fist language acquisition

2. Explain the major theoretical approaches to first language acquisition.

4. Identify the various stages of language development.

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The course introduces students to some basic issues in applied linguistics that pertain to second language learning and teaching.  Topics will include:

a. A definition of the term and its relation to other disciplines.

b. A brief discussion of language learning theories.

c. Factors affecting second language learning, age factors, personality factors, socio-cultural factors in ESL learning.

d. Learning strategies.

e. Communicative competence

f. Learner language

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This poetry course is primarily designed to train students to define poetry as a specific literary genre and distinguish it from other literary genres. Paraphrase and summarize a poem in order to understand its meaning.  Analyze imagery and figurative language as elements of poetry.

Write an analysis of a poem in Standard English. 

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