CAES26S0006 Know Your Bae From Your Boo

This course will help students develop their English communication skills in the following ways:

1. identify and decode the language of pop music and online humour;

2. recognize appropriate usages of small talk strategies, slang, and swearing;

3. learn the grammar and syntax of whatsapp and text messaging;

4. understand the differences in pronunciation between standard English and its regional variations;

5. identify and decode African American Vernacular English (AAVE) used in Black American pop culture.

Please note: Students should be prepared to learn and practice language which might be deemed vulgar and offensive to some people.