Written English Skills: Communicating our Values

Catalog description

In this course students develop their ability to express themselves and their values through writing. Students are introduced to and employ the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revision, peer-editing) as they practice a variety of written organizational patterns and master topic and concluding sentences. Students write increasingly complex sentence structures and extended discourse of several paragraphs. Special attention is paid to identifying and citing evidence to support claims in academic writing. Seven week course. Repeatable for credit - maximum six. Prerequisite: non-native speakers of English and appropriate score on ESL placement test and/or successful completion of ESL 112 . (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.