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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Introduction |
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2) |
Craft of fiction: What is a story?
Read: Grace Paley, “Wants”
Lydia Davis, “A Man From Her Past"
James Thurber, "Mr. Monroe Outwits a Bat"
Donald Barthelme, "The Zombies"
J.G. Ballard, "Answers To A Questionnaire" |
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Craft of fiction: Narrative Shapes
Read: Flannery O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"
Alice Munro, "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship,
Marriage"
Rick Moody, "Boys"
Due: Craft Exercise #1 |
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4) |
Craft of fiction: Characters and their worlds
Read: Anton Chekov, "The Lady with a Little Dog"
James Joyce, "Araby,"
ZZ Packer, "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere"
Due: Craft Exercise #2 |
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5) |
Craft of fiction: Voice and Point of View
Read: Junot Diaz, "How to Date a Blackgirl, Browngirl, Whitegirl,
or Halfie"
Charles Baxter, "Gryphon"
William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily"
Due: Craft Exercise #3 |
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6) |
Fiction Workshop: Writers 1-3
Read: Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away From
Omelas"
Due: Workshop Critiques |
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7) |
Craft of fiction: Scene, Dialogue, Conflict, Connection
Read: Lorrie Moore, "Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some
People"
Ernest Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants"
Raymond Carver "What We Talk About When We Talk
About Love"
Due: Craft Exercise #4
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8) |
Fiction Workshop: Writers 4-7
Due: Workshop Critiques |
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9) |
Craft of fiction: Sources and Adaptations
Read: Angela Carter, "The Bloody Chamber," "The Were-Wolf"
Emma Donoghue, "The Widow's Cruse"
Wells Tower, "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned"
Due: Craft Exercise #5 |
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10) |
Craft of fiction: Through the looking glass
Read: Vladimir Nabokov, "La Veneziana"
Jorge Luis Borges, "The Garden of Forking Paths"
John Barth, "Lost in the Funhouse"
Due: Craft Exercise #6 |
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11) |
Craft of poetry: Sound, Meter, Repetition, Rhyme
Read: Shakespeare, Sonnet 145
Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night"
Elizabeth Bishop, "One Art"
Paul Muldoon, "It won't ring true"
Lydia Davis, "Head, Heart"
Dr. Suess, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
Craft of poetry: Narrative in poetry and poetry in prose
Read: Anne Carson, from Autobiography of Red
Jamaica Kincaid, "Girl"
Max Jacob, "War"
Charles Simic, from The World Doesn't End
Matsuo Basho, from The Narrow Road to the Interior
Due: Craft Exercise #11 |
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12) |
Craft of poetry: Form and Freedom
Read: John Ashbery, "Farm Implements and Rutabagas in a
Landscape"
Haiku
Poems by e.e cummings
Due: Craft Exercise #8 |
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13) |
Craft of poetry: Idea and Voice
Read: Pablo Neruda, from "One Hundred Love Sonnets"
Frank O'Hara "Ave Maria"
Yusef Komunyakaa, "Thanks"
Alan Ginsberg, "Sunflower Sutra"
Jorie Graham, "Prayer"
Due: Craft Exercise #9 |
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14) |
Craft of poetry: Imagery and Evocation
Read: Oscar Wilde, "Symphony In Yellow"
Lydia Davis, "The Fly"
WC Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow"
Li-Young Lee, "This Room And Everything In It"
Mary Oliver, "Rain"
Due: Craft Exercise #10 |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
1.Being able to describe the issues related with the scientific resources in the field of teaching, English language teaching and educational technologies within the national and international standards. |
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2) |
2.Proficient in the phonology, semantics, grammar and the vocabulary of the language, use the language effectively. |
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3) |
3. Apply theories and research in language acquisition and development to provide optimal learning environments in English language teaching. |
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4) |
4. develop English language teaching materials according to the needs of the learners with a critical perspective. |
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5) |
5. Use appropriate software and technology resources for language teaching effectively in and out of classroom by locating and selecting them. |
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6) |
6. To improve students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, make use of various methods and techniques. |
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7. Design English language teaching curriculum and lesson plans. |
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8) |
8. Organize effective classrooms that promote English language learning. |
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9) |
9. assess students’ knowledge using multiple measures and alternative assessment techniques in order to evaluate language knowledge and skills in an effective way by using and generating measurement and assessment instruments. |
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10. Apply major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to the nature and role of culture and cultural groups to construct supportive learning environments and to promote inter-cultural effective communication and pragmatics skills. |
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11. Take on responsibility in individual and group projects by working cooperatively and meeting the requirements |
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12. Take into consideration professional and ethical rules and principles. |
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13. Apply the pedagogical implications of the research in the field of English language teaching for his/her personal and professional development, by keeping up with the recent studies. |
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14. Use reflective thinking and reflective teaching to examine his/her teaching skills and professional competencies. |
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15. Transfer the knowledge and skills necessary for life-long learning to students by using metacognitive techniques with the knowledge of how to obtain information effectively. |
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16. utilize learning strategies and technology resources by evaluating their relevance to K-12 students’ interests, needs, individual differences, and developmental characteristics. |
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