We are pleased to announce that two new units have been added to the Academic Skills course this year:
- Gricean Maxims, a lecture delivered by Prof. Eric McCready of our humble university
- Multiculturalism in Canada, a lecture given by Prof. Bob Courchene of the University of Ottawa
The first of the new AS units is a lecture about some maxims, or rules, of conversation that an English philosopher of language named H.P. Grice devised. These rules have become known as Grice’s Conversational Maxims, or Gricean Maxims. It can be said that Grice’s work formed the basis of the modern study of pragmatics.
Access the video by CLICKING HERE.
You can download the EXERCISES HERE
The new unit on “Multiculturalism in Canada” offers a Canadian perspective on cultural accommodation. It shows how multiculturalism can offer a way to respond to religious and cultural diversity. Access the video by CLICKING HERE.
Students can download the EXERCISES as well.
In the future, all new video materials for the Academic Skills course will be made available through video streaming on the video hosting site Vimeo. That will give students more control over the material and allow them to review videos at home.
The Academic Skills Textbook can be downloaded in either PDF or DOC format. The two new units have been added as chapters 7 (Gricean Maxims) and 8 (Multiculturalism in Canada).
