The course is an introduction to literary genres, such as the novel, poetry, and drama
Itt also offers definitions of literature, and its concepts as well as the elements of each of the aforementioned literary genres. Sample literary texts representing these literary genres are aWhat is literature?
•Literature is the collective noun for the category of verbal art that includes various literary genres, such as poems, plays, novels, and short stories.
The word literature derives from the Latin word littera, 'a letter of the alphabet.‗
• The Latin word for literature was simply the plural, litterae, and in this basic sense literature embraces everything written with the letters of the alphabet.
•The term is often used to refer to writing that is creative in some way
The quest to discover a definition for ―literature‖ is a road that is much travelled, though the point of arrival, if ever reached, is seldom satisfactory.
• Most attempted definitions are broad and vague,
• They inevitably change over time.
Terry Eagleton goes some way towards a definition of literature and its relationship to language: ―Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech.
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What is Poetry ?
•1.The art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful ,imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
•2 A .literary work in metrical form; verse
•Rhyme:a word agreeing with another in terminal sound or in the sound of another part .
•Rhythm: movement with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.:

This course focuses on developing basic listening and speaking skills in different contexts.
It introduces students to basic some academic skills with a focus on language development.
It includes skills such as understanding and giving descriptions, explanations, listening for main ideas and specific details and critical thinking.
Pronunciation and listening for discrimination are also introduced.
Because of the special nature of the course, it uses a set text book: Skillful 4 Listening&Speaking.