Calendar 2005–06

212 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies ENG 3250 Other Literatures in English ENG 3260 Creative Writing ENG 3270 Literature of War and Peace ENG 3280 Writing a Life Between Languages ENG 3290 Reading and Writing Short Stories ENG 3600 Contrastive Linguistics ENG 3610 Psycholinguistics ENG 3620 Acquisition of English as a Second Language ENG 3630 Sociolinguistics: Languages, Culture and Society ENG 3640 English Language Teaching and Learning ENG 3650 Special Topics in Applied Linguistics ENG 3660 Issues in Contemporary Linguistics ENG 3670 Discourse Analysis ENG 3680 History of the English Language ENG 3690 Gender and Language ENG 3700 Independent Research Essay ENG 3710 Communication Across Cultures ENG 3720 Pedagogical Grammar ENG 3730 Communication in Second Language Classrooms ENG 3810 Fieldwork (Special English Stream) ENG 3820 Research Essay (Special English Stream) ENG 4100 Major Author(s) ENG 4130 Issues in Literary Criticism ENG 4140 Topics in East/West Comparative Literature ENG 4500 Shakespeare English Language (elective) The English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses arranged into four strands: 1. General Academic (EAP) – focus on developing the English language skills required for study purposes; 2. Discipline-specific (ESP) – focus on the specialist language use of a particular discipline (e.g., business, education, technology, nursing, pharmacy); 3. Topic-based – focus on language use within a particular context (e.g., stories, current affairs); 4. Expository Writing for S6 entrants. Code Course Title General Academic Strand (EAP) ELT 1106 Grammar for University Studies ELT 1107 English Improvement Strategies for Listening and Speaking ELT 1108 English Improvement Strategies for Reading and Writing ELT 1109 Vocabulary Expansion Strategies ∆ ELT 2001 English for University Studies ELT 2201 Listening and Response ELT 2402 Academic Writing I ∆ Subject to approval