This course is primarily activity-driven and aims to introduce the students to critical reading, writing and thinking, mainly in an academic context. Students will be taken through samples of different genres of writing, with the dual purpose of evaluating the content and the form for coherence, soundness, accessibility and elegance. They will then apply these same principles in their own writing, and develop the skills of writing rigorous and engaging prose. Students will be given brief guidance in techniques for fine-grained reading, effective writing and perceptive criticism.
The course will be carried out in English, and primarily aims to develop critical skills of reading and writing in English. However, the skills learnt through this course can be extended to other languages as well.
- Teacher: Saurabh Singanapalli