ENGL 090 Spelling (2 credits)
Course Description
The improvement of spelling skills. Students will learn how to spell a variety of challenging words while learning tactics to improve their spelling skills with future vocabulary as well.
Course Content
A. Spelling “rules” and spelling tactics (phonetics, mnemonics, parts of speech, prefixes, and word endings, etc.)
B. Use of spelling resources (the dictionary, misspeller’s dictionary, spell checkers, etc.)
C. Homophones, homonyms
D. Hyphenation, abbreviations, capitalization, the apostrophe
Student Outcomes
1. To learn basic spelling rules and use them to spell effectively.
2. To learn spelling tactics and use them to spell effectively (phonetics, mnemonics, parts of speech, prefixes, and word endings, etc.) effectively.
3. Be able to identify homophones and employ tactics to use them appropriately and spell them correctly.
4. To learn how to effectively study weekly spelling lists and develop effective learning habits.
5. To use spelling resources, such as the dictionary, the misspeller’s dictionary, and spell checkers.
6. To study and master lists of ‘spelling demons’ (difficult words).
7. To master ancillary spelling skills, such as capitalization, hyphenation, abbreviation, and apostrophe use (for those taking 3 credits)
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Communication: Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and other’s writing in order to communicate effectively.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
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