English Courses

Christian Leaders Institute English courses empower students to develop reading, writing, and grammar skills. English literacy classes are also available (outside of the college) for students interested in learning or improving English as a second language.

ENG 101 Basic Writing (2 credits) 

Writers are needed for bringing more revival! We need better writers. Never before in history have so many people had access to publishing platforms. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of poor writing: poor in technical aspects, but also inhospitable, thoughtless, and even violent. This course will help students become better writers. It is not a course about understanding the building blocks of writing (words, sentences, and grammar) but about understanding the architecture and process required to turn those materials into a solid structure. Each lesson builds on the previous one, walking students through a specific writing process that will yield a publishable work, but which is repeatable for future projects. 

At the end of the course, students will follow the principles from this course to produce a writing project using one of the five topic options provided.

Outcomes:

  1. Understand the architecture and process required to produce solid writing.
  2. Participate confidently and clearly in the wider public conversations through writing.
  3. Produce publishable work by applying the principles and steps taught in this course.

ENG 120 English Comprehension (4 credits)

This class teaches basics of English grammar so that students can read English with clear comprehension, write English clearly, and do well in ministry studies. The class is especially helpful for those who speak English but still need to learn or review the rules of English grammar.

Outcomes:

  1. Know basic rules of English grammar.
  2. Know parts of speech and their uses: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, participles, prepositions, and conjunctions.
  3. Understand functions of various kinds of phrases and clauses.
  4. Strengthen reading comprehension and retention.
  5. Develop clear writing style.
  6. Become competent enough in English to do well in English-based ministry courses.

English 121 College Writing (3 credits)

This course provides training in college-level essay writing and research writing, rooted in critical and analytical reading. Degree-seeking students of Christian Leaders Institute should also enroll at the same time in College Writing Lab, a companion course to College Writing. 

Outcomes:

  1. Acquire strategies to read efficiently and identify a text’s important ideas
  2. Activate intellectual skills to understand and critically evaluate the assertions of a text
  3. Develop basic writing strategies (research, planning, summarizing, organizing, avoiding plagiarism, referencing and proofreading)
  4. Become proficient in key elements of essay writing (argument and discussion, cause and effect, definitions, style)
  5. Pursue economy of language (precision, clarity, conciseness, academic vocabulary, word choice) 
  6. Learn to structure and develop an academic research paper (thesis development, evaluating sources, organizing, revising, and APA documentation)

English 122 College Writing Lab (1 credit)

College Writing Lab is a companion course to College Writing. Degree-seeking students of Christian Leaders Institute should enroll in both classes at the same time. In this lab, students write and submit essays and research papers that apply the principles taught in College Writing. Together, these companion courses teach college-level essay writing and research writing, rooted in critical and analytical reading. 

Outcomes:

  1. Acquire strategies to read efficiently and identify a text’s important ideas
  2. Activate intellectual skills to understand and critically evaluate the assertions of a text
  3. Develop basic writing strategies (research, planning, summarizing, organizing, avoiding plagiarism, referencing and proofreading)
  4. Become proficient in key elements of essay writing (argument and discussion, cause and effect, definitions, style)
  5. Pursue economy of language (precision, clarity, conciseness, academic vocabulary, word choice) 
  6. Learn to structure and develop an academic research paper (thesis development, evaluating sources, organizing, revising, and APA documentation)