Dear ELT-4 Students:
As the New Academic Year is about to start, we are announcing two elective courses for the ELT-4 stage Fall -Term. The ELT-4 students will receive a link in which they can vote for one of the courses, and the department will consider the one with the highest vote.
Below are the description of the courses. Please read them so you know what each course is about and make your decision and submit your response through the link that you will receive.
ELT-4 Elective Courses
ELT-4: Creative Writing Course (Elective Option 1)
This creative writing course will focus on expressive writing by exploring several different types of poetry and prose styles. The course will also explore major principles of responding to literature and other art forms. It will offer students the opportunity to survey different strategies for self-expression and find creative ways to recognize the world around us. As participants in the course, we will pay attention to a practical understanding of literary creativity and the different ways to write better. That is why we focus on exploring the basic principles of good writing. Whether you are writing a blog post, newsletter, social media content, or a collection of poems or short stories, improving your writing capabilities is crucial for your success.
Part of this course will be in the form of workshops and roundtable discussions where peer reviews and sharing ideas are essential elements. Students will read short stories and poems and write their own. Students will critique the works of their classmates and help one another in expressing their creativity and improving their skills. By the end of the course, each student will have collected a portfolio of work consisting of both poetry and short stories.
ELT-4: Teaching for Transformation (Elective Option 2)
This course will engage students in discussions around theoretical and practical issues in teaching and learning. It will support students to become critical, professional teachers who understand their position and role in the educational system and use their knowledge and expertise in the transformation of their profession and communities.
The course is designed to help students become critical thinkers and actors in teaching. In this course, we take critical thinking and action to mean asking fundamental questions about education, teaching, and learning in formal institutions, the underlying principles of modern schooling, the social and professional position of teachers, and the social, political, and economic expectations of the educational system. Our focus will be on the educational system in Kurdistan Region and will examine different ways through which developing critical teachers can lead to student success. While this course is primarily a teacher-education course, the critical principles espoused in the discussions and the major questions and issues that we examine will be very significant to the students in their different engagements within their communities.
