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Department of English
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Course Descriptions
ENG 060 English Tutorial A,B
This two-term, elective course provides additional support for students
who are studying ENG 100 or ENG 101. It integrates speaking, listening,
reading and writing skills to provide individual as well as group support,
enhancing students' communication skills, developing their ability to
understand and to analyse texts and develop critical thinking skills,
preparing them for advanced tertiary-level studies. This year will include
a focus on vocabulary development and editing for grammatical accuracy.
4 hours per week
2 terms
ENG 100 Foundation English A,B
This two-term, College-required course provides communication practice
in English for both majors and non-majors who have not achieved a pass
at AS Level Use of English or whose English language abilities are weak.
The course integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing so that
students are given practice in expressing, understanding and responding
to written and spoken information, opinions, feelings and ideas. Students
placed in this level must pass Foundation English and also ENG 101.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 101 Freshman English A,B
This two-term, College-required course provides a solid foundation in
English for tertiary study, for both majors and non-majors. The course
integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing skills so that students
are given practice in understanding and using spoken English, writing
clearly and accurately in a variety of styles, and understanding and using
written texts.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 139 Academic Writing & Study
Skills A,B
This two-term, Departmental required course aims to help students by making
them aware of different strategies they can use to study more successfully
and more independently. It will include dictionary and library usage as
well as written projects. The course aims to encourage critical thinking
and analysis and will involve students in their own mini-research projects
as well as practising writing essays, term papers, book reviews, articles
and so on.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 140 Pronunciation
This one-term, Departmental-required course helps students to recognize
and reproduce all the sounds of English language, with their writing representations,
using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to improve students' pronunciation
by the practice of the sounds, rhythm and intonation of English.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 141 The Discovery of Learning
Through the format of lectures and discussions on multi-disciplinary topics,
with an open air where intellectual honesty is encouraged and treasured,
students are led to discover the joy of learning: and through the process,
gain insights into details of the lectured subjects, as well as the meaning
of independent and critical thinking.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 142 Modern American Literature
In this two-term elective course, a selection of modern American authors
will be studied in order to consider common themes in novel writing, and
to provide a greater understanding of American culture through research
as well as close study of literary texts.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 143 English Speaking Workshop A,B
This two term, College-required course provides opportunities for developing
fluency through practice of speaking in small groups.
1 hour per week
2 terms: 0 credits each
ENG 146 Creative Writing
This one-term elective course will use a discovery approach to look at
the language used in literature and poetry, to promote consideration of
the author's choice of words, style and format. Students will then create
their own portfolios of poetry, articles, short stories and other styles
of writing.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 149 Improving Listening
This one-term elective course is suitable for students who have already
studied English for a number of years but who need more opportunities
in listening to the spoken language.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 152 Oral Fluency
This one-term elective course is to improve spoken fluency by discussion
and group work. Students will practice different examples of functional
language to extend their range, vocabulary and conversational abilities,
by covering some of the common phrases which are used as the 'building
blocks' of conversation and incorporating these phrases into their spoken
repertoire. Different aspects of building a conversation in English will
be covered in each session, ranging from introductory gambits, through
interruptions and checking to closing a conversation.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 156 Short Stories in English
English short story writers from a wide time-span will be covered on this
one-term, Departmental-required course in order to look at the development
of the short story as an art form, as well as examining current trends
in writing.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 158 Introduction to American Literature
The short story as a genre will be considered by looking at a range of
American short story writers from different periods, in this two-term,
Departmental-required course.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 159 Introduction to Theoretical
Linguistics
This one-term Departmental-required course introduces students to the
central components of theoretical linguistics. Students will have an overview
of the properties of language and the various fields of linguistics, which
include the studies of sounds and the sound system (phonetics and phonology),
words and word formation (morphology), sentence patterns (syntax) and
meaning (semantics).
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 160 English Tutorial Year One A,B
This two-term, Departmental-required course is part of a series which
integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to provide
individual as well as group support, enhancing students' communication
skills, developing their ability to understand and to analyse texts and
develop critical thinking skills, preparing them for advanced tertiary-level
essay and research writing and oral presentations. This year will include
a focus on editing for grammatical accuracy.
4 hours per week
2 terms: 0.5 credits each
ENG 161 Grammar & Lexis
This one-term Departmental-required course uses the lexical approach,
studying grammar and vocabulary without isolating it from the text in
which it is embedded.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 162 Short Story Translation
This one-term elective course provides practical training in the translation
of British and American short stories, including works by Somerset Maugham,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, O.Henry and Ernest Hemingway.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 236 Translation A,B
This one-term, elective course provides practical experience of translation
between English and Chinese, using various different types of text.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 237 Developing Grammar A,B
This two-term, Departmental-required course aims to give students extensive
exposure to English grammar by the study of practical written and spoken
examples. Students will give presentation on different aspects of English
Grammar and learn how to use grammar reference books to check their own
written work more efficiently.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 241 Introduction to Drama
Students will work together to perform and produce a play in order to
develop their speaking skills and ability to work co-operatively in this
one-term, elective course.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 242 Modern Literature in English
A,B
In this two-term, Departmental-required course a selection of 20th and
21st century authors writing in English will be studied in order to examine
current trends in writing.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 245 English in the Liberal Arts
This one-term, elective course will take a brief and overall look at history,
art, music, philosophy, and religion. There will be an assignment for
each of these topics.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 247 English in the Media
Students will analyse newspaper articles to improve their written work
as well as their reading abilities in this one-term, elective course.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 248 Oral Presentation Skills
This one-term, Departmental-required course is suitable for students who
need to speak English in connection with their academic work and to give
more confidence in public speaking. It is intended to encourage students
to think, communicate and solve problems in English.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 249 Creative and Critical Thinking
This one-term, elective course aims to encourage creative and critical
thinking and to develop oral, written and mental fluency by discussion
of different approaches to thinking, philosophy and psychology.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 250 American Women Writers
In this one-term, Departmental-required course we will look at novels
by women, in order to illustrate changing customs, attitudes, roles and
the relationship between the sexes.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 251 Cultural Theory and Criticism
This one-term, elective course is to introduce a number of popular contemporary
cultural and literary theories and examine how they can be employed to
criticize cultural texts. Products of various media will be selected as
the subjects of criticism.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 252 Introduction to Applied Linguistics
This one-term Departmental-required course explores the central components
of applied linguistics. Issues about first language acquisition, second
language acquisition and bilingualism, as well as sociolinguistics, will
be covered. The course enables students to reflect on their linguistic
experience with some sensitivity.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 253 Written Communication Skills
This one-term, Departmental-required course will look at barriers to successful
communication and how we can avoid them by writing with a clear aim, and
with the readers in mind. Various forms of formal and informal written
communication will be practiced, suitable both for the academic and business
worlds.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 254 Applied Linguistics: Second
Language Acquisition
This one-term, elective course focuses on the development and processes
underlying the acquisition of English as a second language. Learning a
language involves learning a complex set of phonological, syntactic and
semantic rules of grammar. Topics include theories of second language
acquisition and cross-linguistic influence. Students will gain a solid
understanding of the issues and methods adopted in current research.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 260 English Tutorial Year Two A,B
This two-term, Departmental-required course is part of a series which
integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to provide
individual as well as group support, enhancing students' language and
communication skills, developing their awareness of literature, cross-cultural
studies and the liberal arts. This year will include a focus on accurate
and extensive writing.
4 hours per week
ENG 344 English Literature A,B
This two-term, Departmental-required course reviews the development of
the novel as a literary form in English writing, as well as involving
students in research on the writers and their topics
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 347 Argument & Debate
This one-term, elective course is to develop spoken English for work and
study in an English-speaking environment by focusing on the practicalities
of presenting a line of thought, developing an argument and taking part
in a debate.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 348 Modern Colloquial English
This one-term, Departmental required course will concentrate on the way
that idioms and phrasal verbs are used in modern English as well as providing
students with listening and speaking practice using colloquialisms.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 349 Commercial Translation
This one-term, elective course offers practical training in the translation
of commercial documents including contracts, business correspondence,
bills and invoices and trading documents.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 353 Creative Drama
Students will help to write and produce a drama or dramas for performance
in this one-term, elective course. Techniques such as improvisation, mime,
use of gestures, pantomime and dance will be looked at for their audience-involvement
possibilities.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 354 American Literature A,B
Students will combine close textual study with research into the social
and historical background of writers, their times and their topics in
order to gain a wider perspective on the concerns of American literature,
in this two-term, Departmental required course.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 356 Theoretical Linguistics: Syntax
This one-term elective course introduces some fundamental concepts in
the study of syntax, the rules governing formation of phrases and sentences,
and how syntactic rules are universal. These concepts will be introduced
through grammatical structures accessible to the students, ranging from
simple to complex constituents.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 358 Applied Linguistics: Discourse
Analysis
This one-term Departmental-required course provides students with an opportunity
to analyse actual sequences of talk and texts, and to identify both sytematicity
and variety in patterns or routines of talk/thought across different genres.
A range of key notions, such as structure and function, cohesion and coherence,
relevance, text and context, discourse and communication, and writing
and speech will be discussed.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 360 English Tutorial Year Three
A,B
This two-term, Departmental-required course is part of a series which
integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to provide
individual as well as group support, enhancing students' language and
communication skills, developing their awareness of literature, cross-cultural
studies and the liberal arts. This year will include a focus on widening
students' vocabulary.
4 hours per week
ENG 362 Elementary French
This is a two-term, elective course introducing elementary level French.
Students will practice speaking, listening, reading and writing as well
as increasing their awareness of French culture.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 363 Elementary Japanese
This is a two-term, elective course introducing elementary level Japanese.
Students will practice speaking, listening, reading and writing as well
as increasing their awareness of Japanese culture.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 364 Elementary German
This is a two-term, elective course introducing elementary level German.
Students will practice speaking, listening, reading and writing as well
as increasing their awareness of German culture.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 365 English Literature: Women Writers
This one-term, Departmental-required course looks at novels by women writing
in English, in order to consider changing roles, customs, attitudes, and
the relationship between the sexes.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 441 Senior Thesis
This is a one-term, Departmental-required, independent study course in
which students work with an advisor to produce a thesis of no less than
3,500 words. Topics may range from literary studies to research, translation
or the writing of a novel.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 448 English Literature: Shakespeare
In this one-term, Departmental-required course, students will sample some
of the poetry and plays of Shakespeare, research the period in which he
lived and compare different productions of his dramas to find out why
his writing has been so influential.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
Eng 451 Contemporary Writing
This one-term, elective course trains students to produce clear and readable
English by practicing and comparing different types of expression in a
written form, so that students can build up a portfolio of examples such
as reviews, poetry, fiction.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 455 English Language Intensive
This one-term, Departmental-required course is designed to prepare students
who hope to study abroad, or wish to test their listening skills, improve
their vocabulary and their grammar by covering the IELTS examination requirements.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 456 Comparative Literature
Literature (in its widest sense) from different countries but covering
similar themes will be studied in this one-term, elective course in order
to give an insight into different cultures.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 457 Film Studies
This one-term, elective course offers an examination of film as a literary
genre and its impact on our perception of narrative, our use of language
and our daily lives.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 458 Gender Studies
In this one-term, elective course we will look at the ways in which gender
stereotypes and roles affect our lives in many areas such as literature,
education, language, behaviour and perception.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 459 Theoretical Linguistics: Semantics
This one-term Departmental-required course explores how meaning is systematically
coded in the grammar of natural languages through semantic analysis at
the word, sentences and utterance levels. Basic concepts such as sense
and reference, lexical semantics, truth functionality in conjunction,
disjunction, implication and contradiction, as well as events and entities
will be included.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 460 English Tutorial Year Four
A,B
This two-term, Departmental-required course is part of a series which
integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to provide
individual as well as group support, enhancing students' language and
communication skills, developing their awareness of literature, cross-cultural
studies and the liberal arts. This year will include a focus English as
used in work and further studies.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 0.5 credits each
ENG 461 Professional English Communication
This one-term, Departmental-required course gives students preparation
for competition in the international job market and gives them general
skills valuable in the working world.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 462 Intermediate French
This is a two-term, elective course continuing on from elementary level
French. Students will practice speaking, listening, reading and writing
as well as increasing their awareness of French culture.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 463 Elementary Japanese
This is a two-term, elective course continuing on from elementary level
Japanese. Students will practice speaking, listening, reading and writing
as well as increasing their awareness of Japanese culture.
3 hours per week
2 terms: 3 credits each
ENG 464 Advanced Communication Skills
This one-term, elective course extends students' lexical range and spoken
compensation strategies for more fluent interaction to prepare students
for possible postgraduate study abroad.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
ENG 465 Poetry in English
This course examines the elements of poetry in a diverse range of poetic
works in English. Students then develop a research project on the works
of a single poet or on a particular theme. A creative writing component
will also be incorporated to give the students a taste of the craft of
writing poetry.
3 hours per week
1 term: 3 credits
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