American Literature to 1865 American Literature to the Civil War American Nature Writing American Romanticism Communication in the Electronic Age Descriptive Phonetics English 100 Web English 436:The Structure of English French (Short Course) German (Short Course) Introduction to Fiction Introduction to Humanities Language in Segovia Machine Age America in Fiction and Film Non-Western Literature Syntax(LIN 202)

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• American Literature to 1865:A survey of American literature from early colonial writings to some of the works that comprise the American Renaissance. We will consider a broad range of genres and modes of writing, including (but not limited to): colonial theory, ethnography, autobiography, fiction, essays, poetry. A central concern of the course will be the question of what constitutes American literature; or, indeed, whether such a question even makes sense.

• American Literature to the Civil War: American writers from Hawthorne to Thoreau, Emerson etc.

• American Nature Writing: We will explore and define what is developing as an important and popular literary prose genre in America, the nature essay/book. Essentially, there are two directions in this genre: descriptions of experiences "in" nature or what Krutch calls "witnessing," and discussions of philosophical issues about the relationship between humans and nature. These are not strictly divided, however: how humans negotiate their "place" in nature, how science relates to literary art, ties between subject and object, Western and Eastern thought, analysis and emotion, wildness and civilization--all pose issues these prose writers, and we, will ponder.

• American Romanticism:American romanticism, sometimes called the American Renaissance, set the patterns, artistic and philosophical, for much of the American literature to follow as well as much of what we now consider distinctively American conflicts, ideals, and even terrors. Therefore, we will approach the movement not in terms of history, author, or genre, but through the range of connecting ideas and patterns.

• Writing, Research and Communication in the Electronic Age: I've designed this seminar's projects to give us an introduction to a variety of technological issues--the role of computers in society; the history and psychology of computer pioneers; virtual communities and their discourse modes; issues of race, class, and gender; hypertext theory and composition; writing and the teaching of writing; multimedia and art; computers and education; computers and community service; and uses of the Internet and its World Wide Web. Each student will select a project a make in-progress presentations at each seminar meeting. The more students we have, the more projects we'll carry out and present to each other. In some cases, seminar projects will complement students' independent study projects. Some projects may even be undertaken collaboratively.

• Descriptive Phonetics (Course description and Syllabus, MSU): In this course you will gain familiarity with the theory, terminology, and practical techniques for describing the sounds of spoken language. You will learn to use the International Phonetic Alphabet for transcribing speech; learn to interpret phonetic transcriptions; learn how to describe speech sounds by articulatory descriptors; learn how to classify speech sounds; learn about how phonological processes modify speech sounds; learn how to describe dialectical and stylistic variation in speech; learn about applications of phonetics in Speech-Language Pathology (diagnosis and therapy), Audiology, Language learning, Voice Synthesis, Descriptive, Comparative and Historical Linguistics, Theater, Augmentative Communication Systems

• English 100 Web:English 100 is a college-level writing course which meets the first semester English requirements of four-year colleges and universities. As the catalog states, English 100 "is designed to develop reading, critical thinking, and writing strategies necessary for academic success" primarily through "reading and writing expository essays" as well as through developing "research and documentation skills." In order for the course to transfer successfully, I need to have you write four papers of at least 750 words apiece, plus a Research Paper of at least 1500 words, as well as a variety of smaller in- (and out-of-) class assignments. We will work on developing traditional library-based research skills-as well as newer computer-based research skills-in order to help you prepare adequately for future work in universities and the working world.

• English 436: The Structure of English: At the end of the course you should be able to identify sentences, phrases, and parts of speech, and have a general understanding of the grammatical concepts of complementation, subordination, apposition, and modification. This course is not designed to help you speak or write "better" or "correctly," but rather to deepen your understanding of the structure of language, providing you with a tool to analyze written and spoken language.

• French (Short Course): Summary of Subject Contents: Area of Experience and Topics, Language Tasks, Linguistic Structures, Communication Strategies, Vocabulary

• German German (Short Course): Summary of Subject Contents: Area of Experience and Topics, Language Tasks, Linguistic Structures, Communication Strategies, Vocabulary

• Introduction to Fiction: Students will be provided with opportunities to read critically, to analyze carefully. and to communicate their insights in both oral and written form. The readings selected include a variety of texts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I shall consider the influence of the original reader on the world,, yet keep in mind the fact that we also form part of the author's audience and share the original reader's quite human concerns.

• Introduction to Humanities: This is a basic introduction to the study of humanities. This course focuses on concepts central to the disciplines of philosophy, architecture, literature, music, religion and art; and the cultural development of these concepts. Changes in the course design, objectives, or schedule may be made at the discretion of the instructor .

• Spanish Language in Segovia: Language and Culture in Segovia is an international group dedicated to the promotion of Spanish language and culture. We offer experienced, university trained teaching staff with wide experience of teaching and the organization of cultural activities. With our programme you can combine the study of Spanish language and culture with a wide range of sports and leisure activities. Take advantage of your summer holidays to get to know another country and its inhabitants. This is an opportunity to acquire a good base for learning more about Spanish culture while improving your linguistic fluency.

• Machine Age America in Fiction and Film:e aim of this seminar is to explore some of the ways in which writers and filmmakers have tried to capture the political, social, and cultural upheveals which have characterized post-industrial America. The works included in this seminar cover appeared during the second phase of the country's industrial revolution, and they are all aesthetic responses to that period of social change. They are divided between novels and plays generally described as examples of high or serious culture and films which have been considered the product of mass or popular culture. By examining the various ways in which these very different narratives have responded to the same cultural forces, we may be able to arrive at a better understanding of the differences between high and popular culture.

• Non-Western Literature: The course description for Lit. 208 states that an instructor must select literary works from at least three cultures/regions: Africa, India, Japan, China, and the Middle East. Since I have been teaching the course, I have limited myself to modern literature, mostly fiction, from Africa, India, and Japan.

• Syntax (LIN 202, University of Western Australia): This unit, together with LIN201 (Phonetics and Phonology), constitutes the ompulsory core for students majoring in Linguistics. It is usually taken in second year, but may be taken at third year with the permission of the Director of the Centre for Linguistics.