English I syllabus
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English I
6 units
2 Mass Media, Information, and Technology (8 LHs)
4 Tradition, Progress, and Development (8 LHs)
5 Self, Reflection, and Experience (8 LHs)
6 Observation, Change, and Description (8 LHs)
1. Cross-cultural Communication (8 LHs)
- American Values and Assumptions (Gary Althen)
- American Values and Assumptions (Gary Althen)
- Where Do We Stand? (Lisa David)
- Where Do We Stand? (Lisa David)
- Time Talks with an Accent (Robert Levine)
- Time Talks with an Accent (Robert Levine)
- The Teacher Who Changed My Life (Nicholas Gage)
- The Teacher Who Changed My Life (Nicholas Gage)
2. Mass Media, Information, and Technology (8 LHs)
- Computers and the Pursuit of Happiness (David Gelernter)
- Computers and the Pursuit of Happiness (David Gelernter)
- Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertisement (Ann McClintock)
- Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertisement (Ann McClintock)
- Students Shall Not Download. Yeah, Sure (Kate Zernike)
- Students Shall Not Download. Yeah, Sure (Kate Zernike)
- How the Web Destroys the Quality of Students’ Research Papers (David Rothenberg)
- How the Web Destroys the Quality of Students’ Research Papers (David Rothenberg).
3. Issues of Ethics (8 LHs)
- A Gas Station Burns in the Forest (David A. Shapiro)
- A Gas Station Burns in the Forest (David A. Shapiro)
- The Trumpet of Conscience (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- The Trumpet of Conscience (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- Heart Speaks to Heart Across a Cultural Divide (Gail Saunders)
- Heart Speaks to Heart Across a Cultural Divide (Gail Saunders)
- Born for Each Other (Pamela Withers)
- Born for Each Other (Pamela Withers).
4. Tradition, Progress, and Development (8 LHs)
- Modern Society and the Quest for Human Happiness (Dalai Lama)
- Modern Society and the Quest for Human Happiness (Dalai Lama)
- Development, democracy, and the Village Telephone (Sam Pitroda)
- Development, democracy, and the Village Telephone (Sam Pitroda)
- The Friendship Bond (Mary Brown Parlee)
- The Friendship Bond (Mary Brown Parlee)
- Courtesy
- Courtesy: Key to a Happier World (Dr. Norman Vincent Peale).
5. Self, Reflection, and Experience (8 LHs)
- From Paragraph to Short Essay
- From Paragraph to Short Essay
- A Memorable Day
- A Memorable Day: Writing from Personal Experience
- Lessons from Life
- Lessons from Life: Turning Experience into Reflection
- Editing for Personal Voice and Clarity
- Editing for Personal Voice and Clarity
6. Observation, Change, and Description (8 LHs)
- Describing People and Places
- Describing People and Places: Sensory Language and Detail
- Change over Time
- Change over Time: Writing about Growth and Transformation
- From Observation to Interpretation
- From Observation to Interpretation: The Art of Detail
- Editing and Revising Descriptive Essays for Clarity and Precision
- Editing and Revising Descriptive Essays for Clarity and Precision