For ESL students at the advanced-1 level. This course will focus on effective written communication, reading comprehension, and grammar. Samples of contemporary writing are used as practical models of sentence and paragraph style.

For ESL students at the intermediate-2 level. This course introduces fundamentals of English grammar. Weekly writing assignments and workshop activities are required. May be combined with ANLS 1423.

Préalable : ANLS 1423 ou le test de classement


For ESL students beginner-2 level. This course includes a study of phonetics, stress and pitch patterns, exercises in verb tenses and spoken vocabulary. May be combined with other ESL courses.

For ESL students at the beginner-1 level. This course emphasizes the acquisition of speech rhythms and development of vocabulary. May be combined with ANLS 1413.

A survey of the “romantic” approach to human experience. This course focuses on authors who made the expression of emotion and ecstasy synonymous with literature.

An introduction to the writing and editing of creative nonfiction. Student writing and course investigations could include sub-genres such as the personal essay, travel writing, research narratives, writing of place, memoir, biography, and/or creative writing about other arts. In addition to writing their own creative nonfiction, students will routinely practice peer critique in a workshop environment.

A survey of crucial American literature from the mid-1800s to the present day, with a consideration of those issues that have long clouded the American dream: slavery, racial ten sions, poverty, economic disparity, and corruption. Major authors include Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor, and William Faulkner.

Works of literature in English, including a Shakespeare play, are studied along with their historical and cultural contexts. Students review the principles of good essay writing and practice English composition, communication, and critical analysis.