ENGL-087 Academic Advanced Writing and Grammar for ESL Students
In ENGL-087, students will acquire the English language skills needed to write multi-paragraph compositions at a level of correctness and fluency appropriate for an advanced learner of English who will soon enroll in a college composition class. Readings and discussions will prepare students to write narrative, descriptive, expository and argumentative compositions that reflect critical analysis. Writing themes will help students to develop a global awareness. Relevant grammatical skills will be developed through formal instruction, group editing and computer-assisted instruction.
Prerequisite
Appropriate score on English placement test or successful completion of
ENGL-084
Hours Weekly
4 hours weekly in class and lab
Course Objectives
- 1. Write successful narrative, descriptive, expository and argumentative compositions that reflect critical
analysis.
- 2. Employ all aspects of the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas and to revise written
work. - 3. Employ the rules of academic essay formatting.
- 4. Write compositions focused on main ideas that are unified, coherent and adequately developed with
supporting information.
- 5. Write introductions that lead to a clear thesis statement and indicate mode of development of a
composition. - 6. Write body paragraphs that develop the main idea stated in the thesis statement.
- 7. Write conclusions that bring a composition to an end.
- 8. Compose complex and correctly structured sentences that contain a variety of phrases and clauses.
- 9. Use the English verb system effectively.
- 10. Demonstrate correct use of the parts of speech.
- 11. Use the rules of grammar and the techniques of revision to organize and present ideas in written
communication so that they are clearly stated and can be easily understood by a U.S. audience.
Course Objectives
- 1. Write successful narrative, descriptive, expository and argumentative compositions that reflect critical
analysis.
- 2. Employ all aspects of the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas and to revise written
work. - 3. Employ the rules of academic essay formatting.
- 4. Write compositions focused on main ideas that are unified, coherent and adequately developed with
supporting information.
- 5. Write introductions that lead to a clear thesis statement and indicate mode of development of a
composition. - 6. Write body paragraphs that develop the main idea stated in the thesis statement.
- 7. Write conclusions that bring a composition to an end.
- 8. Compose complex and correctly structured sentences that contain a variety of phrases and clauses.
- 9. Use the English verb system effectively.
- 10. Demonstrate correct use of the parts of speech.
- 11. Use the rules of grammar and the techniques of revision to organize and present ideas in written
communication so that they are clearly stated and can be easily understood by a U.S. audience.