College Composition for ESL Students

Catalog description

This course engages ESL students in the analytical reading, critical thinking, and inquiry and academic writing demands required for degree completion and transfer. Students work with academic genres and rhetorical structures employed across disciplines by accomplished writers, including expository and argumentative writing. Students use research and documentation strategies, including primary and secondary sources, and demonstrate appropriate and effective use of academic writing that is coherent, detailed, and free of serious errors. This course requires students to craft multiple essays outside of class, a research paper, and in-class essays, totaling 6,000 words. Writing assignments focus on transfer level materials that include diverse content and perspectives, allowing students to leverage their native cultural experiences and perspectives in examining ideas. Special emphasis is placed on cultural competence in American academic writing protocols, grammar self-monitoring and correction strategies, and academic vocabulary development for ESL students. PREREQUISITE: ESL 15 with a grade of C or better or a “Pass” grade or eligibility as determined through the current placement process. ADVISORIES: LIBSKL 1 or LIBSKL 2. ANTI-REQUISITE: ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H. (A, Cal-GETC, CSU, UC) (C-ID ENGL 100)