ENGL 084 Academic Intermediate Writing and Grammar for ESL Students

In this course, students will acquire the English language skills needed to produce paragraphs at an intermediate proficiency level. A variety of reading selections and discussion activities will serve to prepare students to compose paragraphs that demonstrate critical thinking. Writing themes will help students to develop a global awareness. Paragraph development will progress to the production of an organized essay by the end of the semester. Grammatical skills will be developed through formal instruction, group editing, and computer-assisted instruction. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Appropriate score on English placement test

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly in class and lab

Course Objectives

1. 1. Utilize the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas.
2. 2. Write summaries that capture the main ideas of a reading selection.
   
3. 3. Write compositions that demonstrate critical thinking.
   
4. 4. Write topic sentences that express the main idea of a composition.
5. 5. Write support sentences that develop the main idea stated in the topic sentence.
6. 6. Write conclusions that bring a composition to an end.
   
   
7. 7. Use the rules of English grammar and mechanics to write correctly structured sentences.
   
   
8. 8. Use a variety of basic verb forms.
   
9. 9. Edit and revise one's own writing.
   
   

Course Objectives

1. 1. Utilize the writing process to generate, organize, and develop ideas.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

2. 2. Write summaries that capture the main ideas of a reading selection.
   

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. 3. Write compositions that demonstrate critical thinking.
   

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. 4. Write topic sentences that express the main idea of a composition.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. 5. Write support sentences that develop the main idea stated in the topic sentence.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. 6. Write conclusions that bring a composition to an end.
   
   

   This objective is a course Goal Only

7. 7. Use the rules of English grammar and mechanics to write correctly structured sentences.
   
   

   This objective is a course Goal Only

8. 8. Use a variety of basic verb forms.
   

   This objective is a course Goal Only

9. 9. Edit and revise one's own writing.
   
   

   This objective is a course Goal Only