The exams occur next week and the teachers start to say good bye for the students (Yes, the last lecture will be this Thursday). I’d like to speak about my major in my university (University of Algiers, Department of English, Bouzereah).
This major, English licence, can be obtained by studying four years. The first year, we were studying this modules:
- Reading Comprehension: Very interesting module which you’ll be in touch with several language activities.
- Writing: The most important module for all the years. It is where you build sentences, paragraphs, essays as an architect.
- Oral and Listening: this module train your speaking and understanding native speakers.
- Linguistics: “The scientific study of languages” (tired to hear that again) the most abstract and brain storming module to understand ( but I like it)
- Phonetics: Here you learn how to pronounce every sound, word or sentences (speak as a native)
- Grammar: No comment ( the worst experiences) “Mathematics of our studies”
- Culture Studies: studying History (The first civilisations)
(I think that’s all)
Anyway,the first year was just an introduction to the real studies of our degree. The second year is characterised by omitting some modules and introducing others:
The omitted modules are: Reading Comprehension,Culture studies.
The new modules are:
- American Civilisation: the American history (from the discovery of the American shores to the birth of the new nation).
- British Civilisation: the British history ( from the natives Celtics and invaders to the Middle ages)
- English Literature: studying the masterpiece of the Romantic English writers and learn the criticique’s techniques. The novel that we’ve studied is:
- ”Jane Eyre” Written by Charlotte Brontë
- American Literature: American writers ( We’ve studied many short stories:
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