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- Promote understanding of American and British
literary history, especially major movements and periods
such as the Medieval period, Romanticism, and
Post-Modernism
- Promote familiarity with literary traditions and
forms from a "world" or "non-western" perspective
- Introduce students to minority (for example, African
Americans, Hispanic, Asian Americans, Appalachian) and
women writers and the perspectives of these writers
- Promote understanding of literature's links to other
forms of human artistic expression, such as visual art,
music, theater, history, philosophy, and religion
- Promote ability to perform detailed study of a
specific research topic in literature or professional
writing
- Promote understanding of concepts and terminology
used in literary analysis, literary theory, and formal
written compositions
- Promote ability to identify and critique writing
strategies employed in literary texts, personal writings,
and professional documents
- Promote understanding of historical and/or analytic
approaches to the English language (English Major with
Secondary Teaching Certification)
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- Promote ability to recognize and critique main idea
and line of argumentation employed in literary texts,
professional documents, or formal essays
- Promote ability to discuss by means of comparison and
contrast the content and form of two or more written
texts or documents
- Promote ability to recognize and employ grammatical
forms, punctuation convention, vocabulary, and sentence
construction appropriate to formal written
communication
- Promote ability to create and implement effective
strategies for structuring written documents
- Promote ability to use drafting and revision
strategies to avoid mechanical errors in final copies of
essays and professional documents
- Promote ability to use information from primary and
secondary sources appropriately in essays or documents
and to cite sources properly using MLA reference form
- Promote ability to select teaching material
appropriate for secondary school students studying
English and to integrate those materials into
instructional plans according to National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE) and International Reading
Association (IRA) guidelines (English Major with
Secondary Teaching Certification)
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