17th Century Poetry
This course the students will be familiar with the literary production of the age, and the major poets. This will also help the students to learn about the Puritan, Metaphysical and Cavalier poetry that were written during this span of time.
17th Century Drama
Introduces drama in the Western literary tradition, emphasizing the conventions, types and literary elements of the genre.Approaches the genre from a chronological, thematic or multicultural perspective, and offers opportunities to improve competencies in critical thinking and writing Representative Dramatist William Shakespeare.
Paragraph Writing
This course is a three credit developmental course designed to strengthen students' writing skills. Beginning with paragraphs and progressing to essays, students learn to construct clearly written, logically organized, grammatically correct papers.
Reading Skills
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a wide range of texts and exercises which help them to develop skills for reading.
Phonology II
This course is the second part of a full course in English Phonology. It is intended to cover the following points:phonetics and phonology,segmentals and suprasegmentals, intonation, tone, pitch, functions of English tone, types of tone (simple and complex). Sentence phonemic transcription is to be given its due share of attention. The course ends the main varieties of English pronunciation.
17th Century Novel
This course covers the birth of English novel genre at the end of 16th century and takes one novel as highlight for this period. Representation of this novel is based on general discussion on the plot, themes, figurative language and characters.
Grammar II
The course is intended mainly for second year students, students who have already studied the basic grammar at the first year. It begins with a thorough revision of tenses, and then concentrates on those structures which intermediate students want to use such as future expressions, passive voice, question formations, and prepositions.