ENGL 087 Academic Advanced Writing and Grammar for ESL Students
In this course, students will acquire the English language skills needed to write multi-paragraph compositions at a level of accuracy and fluency appropriate for an advanced learner of academic English. Using activities, readings and discussions, students will write compositions employing a variety of rhetorical modes. Writing themes will help students to develop a global awareness and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisite
Appropriate score on English placement test or successful completion of
ENGL 084
Hours Weekly
4 hours weekly in class and lab
Course Objectives
- Employ the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas and to revise written work.
- Employ the rules of academic essay formatting.
- Write introductions that effectively open the composition.
- Create thesis statements that are clear, relevant, and indicative of the essay's rhetorical mode.
- Write body paragraphs that develop and support the thesis.
- Write compositions focused on main ideas that are unified and coherent.
- Write conclusions that effectively close the composition.
- Use information literacy skills to incorporate outside sources.
- Compose complex and correctly structured sentences that contain a variety of phrases and clauses.
- Demonstrate correct use of the English verb system.
- Demonstrate correct use of parts of speech.
- Use appropriate vocabulary and word choice for the purpose and audience of the writing.
Course Objectives
- Employ the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas and to revise written work.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Employ the rules of academic essay formatting.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Write introductions that effectively open the composition.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Create thesis statements that are clear, relevant, and indicative of the essay's rhetorical mode.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Write body paragraphs that develop and support the thesis.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Write compositions focused on main ideas that are unified and coherent.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Write conclusions that effectively close the composition.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Use information literacy skills to incorporate outside sources.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Compose complex and correctly structured sentences that contain a variety of phrases and clauses.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Demonstrate correct use of the English verb system.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Demonstrate correct use of parts of speech.
This objective is a course Goal Only
- Use appropriate vocabulary and word choice for the purpose and audience of the writing.
This objective is a course Goal Only