English Education
Overview
The Languages, Literature, and Communication Department seeks to expose all Grace College students to God-honoring courses in writing, literature, modern languages, and communication. Students will leave furnished with a versatile communication skill set necessary to be articulate and successful in any career field.
The English Education program seeks to develop perceptive and critical thinking abilities through the study of literature and the English language and to furnish creative and researched methods of writing to express these insights. Students interested in teaching English and literature will leave furnished with a versatile communication skill set necessary to be successful in secondary education settings.
Guided by faculty in both the English program and the School of Education, English Education majors will develop perceptive and critical thinking abilities through the study of literature and the English language, creative and researched methods of writing to express these insights, and the skills to employ these as high school teachers.
Courses
Examples of courses in this major:
LIT 220 American Literature I (1600-1850)
A survey of the development of American literature from colonial times through revolutionist, romantic, and transcendentalist prose, poetry, and fiction up to mid-nineteenth century, augmented by select longer fictional works.
LIT 328 Shakespeare
A study of the era, life, and works of this great literary master, with a close reading and video viewing of histories, comedies, and tragedies, as well as a study of his other poetic contributions.
ENG 334 Supervision of School Publications
A study of the advising, writing, editing, layout and design, organization, and business management of school newspapers, yearbooks, and literary magazines.
ENG 336 History of the English Language
An historical survey of the backgrounds and development of the English language from Indo-European origins to the present. Students gain experience reading Old and Middle English texts and studying medieval English dialects. Semantics, methods of word formation, lexicography, and differences between American and global English are covered.