Laboratory includes writing-intensive activities. Assignments include some research-related writing. Emphasis on responding to, analyzing, and evaluating literary and other texts. Gives students a foundation from which to learn and communicate effectively in various disiplines. The frequent assignments involve training in evaluation of writing and in both primary and secondary research techniques .
Students write for specific audiences and learn organization, conciseness, and clarity in writing.
Class simulates real life business situations. F Treats the evolution of English in a historical light, giving special emphasis to each phase of its development. A comparative examination of Old English, Middle English, and Modern English. Some attention given to the nature of language, to language acquisition by children, and to regional and social variations of modern American English. S Review of traditional grammar.