Why do people come up with stories to explain things we don’t understand? How do we decide what’s fair? What do the lives of the minority look like? What is your relationship with the world, our society, and yourself? Questions like these will be discussed in this course, and you are going to develop deeper insights on topics related to the meaning of life after you join the classroom and interact with your smart peers. Introduction-level English combines ESL and ELA learning and is designed to build basic English language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) for learners as well as introduce the fundamental concepts of literary studies to learners. In this course, narrative writing skills and argumentative writing skills will be focused on scaffolding learners to tell their own personal stories as well as to address their own opinions with strong arguments and textual evidence. Speeches, books, and films will be applied to hone learners' speaking and presenting skills. The aim of this course is to guide learners' development of using basic English appropriately to express their own viewpoints by reading and imitating different genres of texts.
