Written English Skills: Technology and Social Media

Catalog description

In this course students engage in reading a variety of texts and text types, demonstrating reading strategies, and developing academic reading abilities. Students develop critical reading skills (i.e. drawing inferences, understanding author perspective, identifying bias). Students analyze a variety of social media and write response essays of varying lengths and genre. Language foci include understanding denotative and connotative meaning, recognizing the use of active vs. passive voice, and recognizing ambiguous language. Repeatable for credit - maximum eight. Prerequisite: non-native speakers of English and appropriate score on ESL placement test and/or successful completion of ESL 111 . (Transcript credit only. Does not count toward graduation. Performance at the C-level is required for a grade of pass.) Pass/Fail grading. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.