Strengthen the English skills you use to examine information closely and respond with clear reasoning. You begin by distinguishing facts from opinions, identifying purpose, and recognizing bias in discussions of technology and customs. You then move into environmental topics to analyze claims, evidence, and source reliability, before advancing to psychology and sociology, where you evaluate speakers and compare authors' arguments to form well-supported critiques and summaries.
Applied Learning Project
Across the Specialization, you will work through readings and videos, vocabulary work, instructional activities, skill practice, interactions, comprehension checks, synthesis quizzes, and evaluation tasks. These activities ask you to distinguish facts and opinions, identify purpose and bias, test source reliability, analyze claims and evidence, and critique speakers and authors on topics such as artificial intelligence, customs, trophic cascades, organic farming, happiness, and workplace generations.
