ESL Composition for American Academic Communication II

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ESL 15 ESL/Composition for American Academic Communication II (3) This course is for undergraduate students who are intermediate-advanced level non-native speakers of English. Students will become familiar with the various stages in the process of writing and develop strategies for reading and writing various models of American academic discourse. Students will be able to use what they have learned in this course to participate successfully in academic reading and writing tasks throughout their university experiences in the United States. Students will participate in a variety of reading and writing tasks that will enable them to: (a) define the subject, purpose, audience, and appropriate organizational structure for written compositions; (b) revise and reshape their writing to improve ideas, organization, language use, vocabulary and mechanics; (c) identify and correct structural and grammatical errors within their written texts; (d) select sources, take notes, and acknowledge sources to support ideas, using the library to conduct library research; and, (e) become better writers in preparation for their college careers. Credit toward degree requirements is limited to one course from: ENGL 15 , ENGL 15A , ENGL 15E , ENGL 15S , ENGL 30H , ENGL 30T , ESL 15 , ENGL 137H , CAS 137H , or LA 101