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. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Appropriate score on English placement test or successful completion of ENGL 084

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly in class and lab

Course Objectives

1. Employ the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas and to revise written work.
2. Employ the rules of academic essay formatting.
3. Write introductions that effectively open the composition.
4. Create thesis statements that are clear, relevant, and indicative of the essay's rhetorical mode.
5. Write body paragraphs that develop and support the thesis.
6. Write compositions focused on main ideas that are unified and coherent.
7. Write conclusions that effectively close the composition.
8. Use information literacy skills to incorporate outside sources.
9. Compose complex and correctly structured sentences that contain a variety of phrases and clauses.
10. Demonstrate correct use of the English verb system.
11. Demonstrate correct use of parts of speech.
12. Use appropriate vocabulary and word choice for the purpose and audience of the writing.

Course Objectives

1. Employ the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas and to revise written work.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

2. Employ the rules of academic essay formatting.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Write introductions that effectively open the composition.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Create thesis statements that are clear, relevant, and indicative of the essay's rhetorical mode.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Write body paragraphs that develop and support the thesis.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Write compositions focused on main ideas that are unified and coherent.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

7. Write conclusions that effectively close the composition.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

8. Use information literacy skills to incorporate outside sources.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

9. Compose complex and correctly structured sentences that contain a variety of phrases and clauses.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

10. Demonstrate correct use of the English verb system.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

11. Demonstrate correct use of parts of speech.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

12. Use appropriate vocabulary and word choice for the purpose and audience of the writing.

    This objective is a course Goal Only