Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) English V is aimed at students who have achieved a passing grade in English IV or a grade between 81 and above on the English Placement Test. English V is equal to three credit hours. Students will focus on English at an upper intermediate level. Students will analyze and produce essays with an emphasis on argumentation and persuasion working both independently and cooperatively to gather, evaluate, and synthesize necessary information. Class activities include interactive lectures, small group and class discussions, informal debates, peer feedback, individual presentations, focused listening exercises and focused viewing exercises as well as assorted reading, writing, and grammar assignments. There will be some poetry analysis together with reading and understanding a short story and a drama using basic literary terms and concepts. Note: The process of argumentation enables us to clarify and develop our own responses to important issues, and a significant part of that process involves dialogue with both those who share our opinions and those who do not. In order to participate responsibly and effectively in meaningful dialogue, we must maintain an attitude characterized by openness, responsibility, rationality, and respect for all participants. Upon finishing this level, all students are eligible to receive an English language proficiency letter indicating their level according to the Common European Framework Reference for Languages (CEFR) varying between B1 and B2 according to the grade they get upon finishing this level.
Prerequisites: ENGL0099