LING 1110 Vocabulary Study
This course increases the size of a student's vocabulary, and teaches methods for continuing to learn, remember and use new words after the course is over. The emphasis is on developing and enriching a college-level vocabulary, important for students in any field. Words are learned by studying where they come from and how they are put together, making it easier to remember what they mean and how to use them. The course also emphasizes grammar, dictionary skills and usage.
3 Undergraduate credits
Effective May 6, 2028 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
- Locate, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.
- Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.
- Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.
- Use basic syntax forms, voice, and other basic grammar facts and understand how they influence meaning in English
- Use vocabulary appropriate for college level spoken and written discourse.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 1: Communication
- Understand/demonstrate the writing and speaking processes through invention, organization, drafting, revision, editing and presentation.
- Participate effectively in groups with emphasis on listening, critical and reflective thinking, and responding.
- Locate, evaluate, and synthesize in a responsible manner material from diverse sources and points of view.
- Select appropriate communication choices for specific audiences.
- Construct logical and coherent arguments.
- Use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in their writing and speaking.
- Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world.