ENGCOMP 6W
Language, Culture, and Discourse
Description: Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 3. Study of structure and use of English and how it reflects social structure and cultural values. Readings in linguistic analysis, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics provide foundation as students analyze authentic language as it is used in private and public contexts. Minimum of 15 to 20 pages of revised writing required. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Professor Holten is everything, and more! Honestly, any professor that takes the time out to meet with their students INDIVIDUALLY outside of the classroom deserves to be put on a pedestal. Professor Holten doesn't simply lecture and regurgitate useless information, but she ACTUALLY teaches her students and genuinely cares for each of their well beings. She is extremely down to earth amongst a sea of uptight lecturers, which shows how she truly cares about teaching and developing her students. I took 6W after haven taken another Writing II course earlier, and can definitely say I don't regret that decision. The class is extremely organized and structured, making it near impossible to not succeed. The only negative of this class would have to be the 8 am meeting time for all us sleepy students. I can't stress enough how good of a course this was, and urge other students to take this course if you want to not only learn something, but have fun while you're doing it.
Professor Holten is everything, and more! Honestly, any professor that takes the time out to meet with their students INDIVIDUALLY outside of the classroom deserves to be put on a pedestal. Professor Holten doesn't simply lecture and regurgitate useless information, but she ACTUALLY teaches her students and genuinely cares for each of their well beings. She is extremely down to earth amongst a sea of uptight lecturers, which shows how she truly cares about teaching and developing her students. I took 6W after haven taken another Writing II course earlier, and can definitely say I don't regret that decision. The class is extremely organized and structured, making it near impossible to not succeed. The only negative of this class would have to be the 8 am meeting time for all us sleepy students. I can't stress enough how good of a course this was, and urge other students to take this course if you want to not only learn something, but have fun while you're doing it.
Most Helpful Review
Spring 2016 - Professor Lisovsky is super considerate of the need of his students and is willing to grant extensions and adjust the workload for some circumstances. His class is mostly grammar so if you're a native english speaker it all might be super redundant, which gets somewhat boring but is also a huge plus when it comes to studying because it's a lot of common sense. The class is composed of 3 papers (around 10-11 pages total) and a midterm + final, plus some readings and reading questions that he collects every two to three weeks. You get study guides for both the midterm and the final in the form of weekly quizzes that you get to solve with a team he predetermines. Definitely an easy A if you go to office hours and seem interested during class. I missed a few lectures and still managed to get an A, so it's not impossible. I would definitely take another class with him. Try to find the course reader used if you don't mind other people's highlighting. He says he changes it every quarter but the differences are minimal and you might be able to get away with looking at your table mates' reading assignments if he does make big changes. He'll post most readings online on CCLE anyways.
Spring 2016 - Professor Lisovsky is super considerate of the need of his students and is willing to grant extensions and adjust the workload for some circumstances. His class is mostly grammar so if you're a native english speaker it all might be super redundant, which gets somewhat boring but is also a huge plus when it comes to studying because it's a lot of common sense. The class is composed of 3 papers (around 10-11 pages total) and a midterm + final, plus some readings and reading questions that he collects every two to three weeks. You get study guides for both the midterm and the final in the form of weekly quizzes that you get to solve with a team he predetermines. Definitely an easy A if you go to office hours and seem interested during class. I missed a few lectures and still managed to get an A, so it's not impossible. I would definitely take another class with him. Try to find the course reader used if you don't mind other people's highlighting. He says he changes it every quarter but the differences are minimal and you might be able to get away with looking at your table mates' reading assignments if he does make big changes. He'll post most readings online on CCLE anyways.
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Spring 2019 - Overall I'd say this class was challenging. The class/topic itself was not difficult and it was actually mildly interesting which is saying a lot considering I have 0 interest in linguistics, but the workload was pretty hefty. The class consisted of writing a 15+ page research paper, that was divided into sections that were turned in throughout the quarter. The professor requires you to buy a 200+ page course reader (***Selling course reader, price negotiable. If interested text me at (213) 529-5916***) to complete a weekly discussion post, that was actually not difficult if you just skim the readings, the only articles you actually have to read are the ones you will use for your research paper. I found the lectures were helpful at clarifying the readings although the class is 2 hours long, so it can get boring. In my experience, the professor was helpful. I would usually approach her after class with any questions and she always clarified all of them. Overall this class was not terrible, it's definitely not an easy A but an A is not impossible.
Spring 2019 - Overall I'd say this class was challenging. The class/topic itself was not difficult and it was actually mildly interesting which is saying a lot considering I have 0 interest in linguistics, but the workload was pretty hefty. The class consisted of writing a 15+ page research paper, that was divided into sections that were turned in throughout the quarter. The professor requires you to buy a 200+ page course reader (***Selling course reader, price negotiable. If interested text me at (213) 529-5916***) to complete a weekly discussion post, that was actually not difficult if you just skim the readings, the only articles you actually have to read are the ones you will use for your research paper. I found the lectures were helpful at clarifying the readings although the class is 2 hours long, so it can get boring. In my experience, the professor was helpful. I would usually approach her after class with any questions and she always clarified all of them. Overall this class was not terrible, it's definitely not an easy A but an A is not impossible.
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