English Courses

This is an introductory course offering integrated instruction in reading, critical thinking, and expository and argumentative writing, 旨在培养复杂的读写能力, college-level prose. Theme-based units of study will examine ideas in relation to individuals' world view and contexts from which these ideas arise. Primary texts will showcase diverse writers, including marginalized voices. Some research required.

Develops skills in close reading, critical thinking, analytical and argumentative writing, research, and information literacy through the study of works from major literary genres. Works will include poetry, fiction (short stories and novel), and drama, but may also include alternative genres such as creative nonfiction, graphic novels, spoken word, flash fiction, and lyrics. Primary texts will showcase diverse writers, including marginalized voices.

Develops critical thinking, reading, and writing skills as they apply to the analysis of primary and secondary non-fiction books, articles, 以及来自各种学术和文化背景的文章. Primary texts will showcase diverse writers, including marginalized voices. Theme based units will emphasize the techniques and principles of effective written argument in research-based writing across disciplines.

Provides the opportunity for students interested in a teaching career to assist an instructor in one target course. Practice in presenting lessons, responding to students' written work, creating assignments, and facilitating group discussions. 学生必须得到目标课程导师的批准.

英语11A是一门创意写作入门课程, 提供创造性写作要素的实践, including narrative, verse, and dialogue. Students will read, write, and respond to poetry, fiction, and dram. Class assignments will use materials drawn from individual's own work and selected texts.

English 11B offers practice in creative writing at an intermediate level. 本课程建立在英语11A课程中培养的技能基础上. Assignments include fiction, poetry, and play writing, using materials drawn from individual's own work and selected texts. Students will write, read, and respond to texts in a workshop setting.

English 11C is a course that offers practice in creative writing at an advanced level. It builds on the skills developed in English 11A/B including fiction, poetry, and play writing, using materials drawn from individual's own work and selected texts. In addition, the course focuses on revision of one's work with the intent to submit for publication.

This class offers practice in writing fiction at an intermediate level. Builds on the skills developed in English 12A by requiring greater use of description, detail, character development, consistent point of view, and logical plotting that avoids cliche. Focus on developing themes that create intellectual or emotional resonance. 对句子结构、语法和格式准确性的期望. Develop internal and external sources for stories and novels; analysis and criticism of published work. 要求在学期末提交出版.

English 12A serves as a beginning course in the practice of writing fiction. Students will learn to develop internal and external sources for stories and novels. Class assignments will focus on characterization, plotting, point of view, and narrative techniques. The class will give considerable attention to the analysis and criticism of published writing and the individual's own work.

English 13A serves as a beginning course in the practice of writing poetry. Students will focus on analyzing and using techniques and styles from a diverse selection of poetry, including peers, to develop and revise one's own work. Students will learn elements of the craft of writing poetry such as voice, rhythm, imagery, extended metaphor, meter, and freeform.

中级水平的诗歌写作练习. Builds on skills developed in English 13A. 13B要求:更多和更综合地使用修辞, image, and metaphor; more extensive development of themes, including across different poems; more nuanced eye towards personal revision and workshop critique of classmates’ poems; deeper integration of materials drawn from published poetry and individual's own work for analysis and criticism with a focus on techniques of revision.

中级实训车间跑步训练, producing, and collaborating on a literary magazine. The class will use the knowledge gained in 19A of the publishing field by putting students in a leadership position on the editorial team. 学生将担任主编的角色, Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Design Editor, Public Relations Manager, and more.

Practical, introductory training in the managing, editing, and publication of a literary journal, The Chabot Review. Students will gain knowledge of the publishing world as well as learn practical skills while publishing creative works by Chabot College students and staff. Students enrolled in the class serve as The Chabot Review editorial team, 并了解成为总编辑意味着什么, Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Design Editor, Public Relations Manager, and more.

阅读十四行诗和代表性喜剧, histories, tragedies, and romances of William Shakespeare, with attention to the early, middle and late phases of his art and to the historical time period in which he lived. 他作品中反复出现的主题, along with the political and cultural contexts that shaped these ideas and attitudes. Examination of Shakespeare’s global legacy and diverse adaptations of his plays.

美国黑人小说作家简介, poetry, drama, and the essay, 从奴隶贸易的历史文献开始, and continuing to the present. Emphasis on the 20th and 21st-century writers' growth and development in relation to their historical and cultural context. Offers a broader view of World and American History through the lens of the Black writer's journey from capture in West Africa, enslavement in America, and the fight for liberation. Examines issues of Black identity and how that identity has been expressed through various forms of literature. Explores how the Black writer has used literature and specific literary devices to inspire change, radical thought, and challenge white supremacy.

This course is an introduction to Mexican American and Latinx Literature in the United States. 墨西哥裔美国人和拉丁裔文学运动, particularly in California, is growing at a phenomenal rate, pushing the creative and intellectual boundaries within American Literature. In the course, we will cover a range of genres, including short stories, novels, poetry, memoirs, essays, and plays. Although Mexican American and Latinx authors have been contributing to American literature since the sixteenth century, the bulk of our attention will be paid to the Mexican American and Latinx literary movements that began in the 1950’s and extend through the present day. Students will analyze the literary works within the context of socio-economic, political, and historical movements; additionally, students will learn about the unique history, thematic concerns, 以及墨西哥裔美国人和拉丁裔作家的风格变化.

Introduction to literary works of fiction, poetry, drama and the essay that reflect and explore the diversity of Asian-American experiences as well as divisions within Asian-American communities. 课程探讨文化自豪感和身份的文学表达, as well as reflections on racism, stereotypes, “perpetual foreigner syndrome,” the model minority myth, and internalized oppression. 课程文本也探讨了孤独和“家”的丧失,” identity confusion, generation gaps, acculturation … and the challenge of creating community and retaining culture in America. Analysis of literature in the context of the historical growth of Asian-American identities with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries.

Social-historical context and tools for analyzing literature directed toward young readers. Emphasizes contemporary U.S. texts, classic works, 以及青年文学(包括寓言)的起源, folk tales and fairy tales). Explores subgenres and literary elements common to children’s and young adult literature, including fantasy, journeys, and animal characters. 强调来自不同作者和群体的文学作品, 以及这些文献对心理学的影响, sociological, and cultural growth of young readers.

Introduction to novels, poems, plays, and essays about queer people, i.e., members of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning) community. Analysis of this literature in the context of the LGBTQ social and political movements of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries and evolving societal attitudes toward the LGBTQ community. Themes include coming out, 培养酷儿自豪感和群体意识, 反对歧视和反酷儿暴力, 维系家庭关系，有时给予支持, sometimes hostile relatives, surviving the nearly universal queer childhood experience of bullying, struggling against internalized homophobia/transphobia and reductive stereotypes, understanding the intersection of sexuality, gender identity, and other identities, 在异性恋规范的社会中维持酷儿关系.

Chronicles the expression of U.S. women authors through readings in a variety of genres such as fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay. Explores works by authors of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds in an effort to understand the diversity of women's voices, especially in the 20th century.

U.S. 19世纪下半叶至今的文学, including poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. 本课程探讨每一件作品与其社会关系, cultural and historical contexts, and emphasizes the analysis of defining moments of the times as they are reflected in literature. The content of course closely examines distinctive literary movements and chronology of American literature since the mid-19th century: including Realism, Modernism, Harlem Renaissance, and Contemporary Literature, reflecting the diversity of American voices.

文学选集的比较研究, in English and in translation, from around the world, including Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and other areas, 从十七世纪中叶到现在.

Exploration of particular themes and/or periods as reflected in works of fiction, including discussion of form, content, and cultural contexts.

Explores the literature of the Holocaust through readings in a variety of genres including memoir, essays, fiction, poetry, and film. Historically and culturally contextualizes the literature and examines the implications of writing which attempts to represent the Nazi genocide against the Jews.

非学分课程，学生将练习学术阅读, critical thinking, and writing expected in credit classes or degree-applicable classes. Students will practice metacognitive strategies that will prepare them for success in a transfer-level English course. 这是两门课程中第一个9周的课程. Students completing both English 201A and 201B will earn a Certificate of Competency in Preparation for English Composition. The course is free to students and repeatable until mastery of the skills is met. 强烈推荐:ICST (Informed Course Selection Tool).

非学分课程，学生将练习学术阅读, critical thinking, and writing expected in credit classes or degree applicable classes. Students will build on the metacognitive skills from 201A and practice more advanced reading and writing strategies that will prepare them for success in a transfer-level English course. This is the second 9-week course in a two-course sequence but may also be taken as a stand alone course. Students completing both English 201A and 201B will earn a Certificate of Competency in Preparation for English Composition. The course is free to students and repeatable until mastery of the skills is met. 强烈推荐:ICST (Informed Course Selection Tool)

Preparation for academic reading, critical thinking, 转学课程和副学士课程都需要写作. This course is designed to prepare students to move, in one semester, into English 1. It includes in-class time to practice college-level reading and writing, using primary texts of diverse authors, including marginalized voices. This course is tuition free and students may repeat this course until mastery of the skills is met. This course is tuition free and students may repeat this course until mastery of the skills is met. It is equivalent to the English 102 credit course of the same title; both options cover the same content and students will be enrolled in the same class at the same time. 如果学生选择从非学分课程转到学分课程, please meet with English faculty to discuss assessing equivalency and credit by exam. This course can be used to earn a Certificate of Competency in Preparation for English Composition. 可用的证书可以在查伯特学院目录中找到.

In the English Jam, students will review and practice components of academic reading and writing in a supportive environment. 本课程将强调主动阅读的策略, reading comprehension, and critical thinking about texts. Students will practice pre-writing, drafting, and revision strategies with brief assignments and a more extended essay. This is a non-credit class, tuition-free and repeatable, and can count towards earning a Non-credit Preparation for English Composition certificate.

This noncredit course provides whole group, small group, laboratory, 以及写作和阅读作业的个性化支持. Students meet regularly with an English 215 instructor during one of three open hours, 以及WRAC导师和WRAC英语/ESL讲师, on a customized learning plan. 学生将提高他们的学术阅读技能, 和/或他们的作文或句子水平的写作技巧. This course is free and students may repeat this course until mastery of the skills is met. This course is intended to assist and prepare students to be successful in college-level credit coursework.