While studying English, you’re engaging with literature and language in a global context through a range of genres, historical perspectives, cultural lenses and theoretical approaches. You’re developing important skills while learning how literature and language construct and comment on the human experience.
These skills may include:
- Researching, absorbing, comprehending and assessing a wide range of literatures, representations, and signs
- Analysing message, tone, and symbolism in media
- Deep writing skills, including in synthesis, analysis, original research, argumentation skills, and voice
- Critical understanding of the structure, function, and use of language
- Organizing content with careful consideration of audience, purpose, and form
- Attention to detail in editing for style, content, grammar, and punctuation
- Adaptation, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills
- Collaborating with others using effective presentation and public speaking skills, applying creativity, imagination, and a rich understanding of genre, time, culture, and language
