English | Spanish | Writing & Web
LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR ENGLISH AND ENGLISH EDUCATION
Remembering and Understanding
Students will identify major works and concerns of British and American literature as they impact our postcolonial world and will become attentive to diverse voices within and beyond these literatures.
Critical Thinking and Doing
Students will work individually and collaboratively to interpret elements, contexts, and perspectives of literary texts with intelligence and care. Students will judiciously use literary theory and criticism to unfold a text’s meaning. Students will communicate effectively for different purposes and to different audiences.
Engaging and Connecting
Students will work individually and collaboratively to research, compose, revise, and present their work. Students will connect reading and writing to a life of responsible Christian citizenship.
Formation
Students will cultivate the use of language as a uniquely human facility with great potential for good as well as for harm, and one that God calls his people to use for his glory. Throughout the year assessment data is gathered through student and alumni surveys, field experience evaluations, the Illinois Certification Content Exam, and the ETS major field test to determine how well the program is meeting its student learning outcomes.
LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR SPANISH AND SPANISH EDUCATION:
Upon completion of the program, Spanish majors will be able to do the following:
- Use Spanish speaking and listening skills to interact correctly and appropriately with native Spanish speakers in a variety of settings, up to the advanced level of ACTFL’s Oral Proficiency Guidelines.
- Write Spanish accurately, for a variety of situations and applications, up to the advanced level of ACTFL’s Written Proficiency Guidelines.
- Articulate an understanding of the manner, customs, and cultural expressions of various Spanish-speaking societies.
- Evaluate the expressive forms of the culture such as music, dance, folk art, drama, and architecture, represented by various societies in the Hispanic world.
- Interpret representative forms of Hispanic literature and media.
- Demonstrate and awareness of the history, geography, social institutions, and contemporary events of various Hispanic cultures.
- Use Spanish to reinforce and further the knowledge of other disciplines.
- Analyze and evaluate from a Christian perspective the worldviews expressed in Hispanic culture, both Christian and secular.
LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR WRITING AND WEB DESIGN:
Remembering and Understanding
Students will describe how the biblical narrative shapes the Reformed view of language and gift, wound and hope.
Critical Thinking and Doing
Students will demonstrate excellence in the crafts of writing, visual aesthetics and web design.
Engaging and Connecting
Students will use writing and web design for a celebratory and restorative as well as instrumental purposes. Students will communicate effectively for prfessional and civi audiences across a number of genres, in print and online forms.
Formation
Students will model Christian postures of hospitality, responsiveness and care toward subjects and audiences.