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ELAN102 Advanced English Grammar
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: None
The course is designed to provide students with the grammar skills necessary for success in
professional, academic, and social situations. The course will deepen students’ insights into
English grammar and the linguistic analysis of English. The course helps students improve their
ability to interpret what they read and express themselves accurately orally and in writing. It
includes study of editing, active/ passive voice, verb tenses, modals and modal-like expressions,
conditionals, the subjunctive, phrases, clauses, and different kinds of transitions. The course
emphasizes grammatical fluency in English speech and writing.

ELAN103 Critical Media Literacy
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: None
This course equips students with the analytical skills needed to critically engage with media
messages in a digital and globalized world. It explores how media shape public perception,
construct social realities, and influence cultural and political discourses. Students will examine
issues such as media bias, propaganda, representation, misinformation, and the role of corporate
and political interests in media production. Through hands-on activities and critical discussions,
students will develop the ability to deconstruct media texts, assess credibility, and become more
informed and responsible media consumers and creators.

ELAN104 Analytic Reading and Writing
Credits: 3 (3, 0, 0) Prerequisites: ENG101
This course aims to fulfill the reading and writing needs of students of the translation and
linguistics major. The course integrates reading and essay writing skills at the upper-intermediate
level. It equips students with vital academic vocabulary that can improve their writing skills and
enable them to write at a higher thinking level. The skills gained on this course will enable students
to link writing well to reading related texts and analyzing them artistically which will improve their
creative and critical thinking skills in their essay writing.
ELAN107 English Grammar I
Credits: 3 (3, 0, 0) Prerequisites: ENG012
This course aims at preparing students to apply English grammar in formal contexts at an upper-
intermediate level. The course integrates different kinds of activities to bridge the gap between
basic knowledge of grammatical structure and its applications. It is designed to help students
enhance their understanding of English grammar, expand their already learned skills and enable
them to apply it in their usage of English. The course will review parts of speech and their function,
different verb tenses, active and passive voice, and types of clauses.

ELAN108 English Grammar II
Credits: 3 (3, 0, 0) Prerequisites: ELAN107
This course builds on the skills learned in ELAN107 ENG Grammar and raises the students’
grammar skills to the advanced level. The course aims at building the students’ grammar skills
that are based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Areas covered in the course
include real and unreal conditionals, direct - indirect speech, specification of numbers in English,
use of certain modals, negatives and types of questions.

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