課程介紹

Objective︰

This course aims to help students improve their critical reading and thinking skills. Students will read challenging texts that reflect important cultural themes and demand critical thinking, analyze the rhetoric and structure of arguments, and summarize and critique examples of mature expository and argumentative prose.  In an effort to develop students’ skill for working and learning together and to expose them to different points of view, group projects that emphasize collaborative research, topic exploration, group writing and problem solving accompany each reading. Students are encouraged to incorporate resources outside the classroom—to search the Internet, explore pop-culture sources, interview people, and conduct observations—to explore further what they have read.

Textbook︰

Goshgarian, Gary.  The Contemporary Reader. 8th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2005.