English Department Goals and Objectives

From http://libarts.mwsu.edu/english/goals.asp Critical Inquiry (Objective 1.1): Students engage in an increasingly sophisticated discourse and demonstrate aesthetic and critical discernment through close textual analysis. (Objective 1.2): Students evaluate secondary sources and apply skills in information gathering and management, and document design, using traditional sources and emerging technologies. Knowledge of Language and Literature (Objective 2.1): Students understand the usage and structure of the English language. (Objective 2.4): Students are introduced to seminal academic and professional publications in the field of technical and professional communication. Writing as Process (Objective 3.1): Students reflect on their arguments over multiple stages of development. (Objective 3.2): Students reference and format primary and secondary sources using any one style manual consistently. Engagement: (Objective 4.1): Students are aware of a cultural context for their own values and those of their sources.

English Majors seeking a Bachelor of Arts with Secondary Certification in English Language Arts and Reading (Grades 8-12)

In keeping with the accreditation requirements of NCATE/NCTE, an English secondary education-accrediting agency, the Department of English must assess the progress of all students pursuing a BA in English with a certification in Secondary Education in order to verify that our courses are enabling them to meet the prescribed NCATE/NCTE standards in English Language Arts competencies. Please let me know if you are an English major/ Secondary Education minor as soon as possible. I will modify the Instructions and Oral Presentation assessments to address the following standard: 3.0 Knowledge of English Language Arts. Candidates are knowledgeable about language; literature; oral, visual, and written literacy; print and nonprint media; technology; and research theory and findings. 3.1 Candidates demonstrate knowledge of, and skills in the use of, the English language. 3.2 Candidates demonstrate knowledge of the practices of oral, visual, and written literacy. 3.2.5 Candidates demonstrate their knowledge of language structure and conventions by creating and critiquing their own print and non-print texts and by assisting their students in such activities. 3.4 Candidates demonstrate knowledge of different composing processes. 3.6 Candidates demonstrate knowledge of the range of influences of print and nonprint media and technology in contemporary culture.

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