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RHT 096
ESL College Writing II
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: Designed for ESL students to improve basic writing skills.
This course emphasizes increasing competence in writing multiparagraph
essays.
TEXTS:
College
Writing Skills- John Langan
College
Dictionary
Thesaurus
(optional)
ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS REQUIRED: 8 week Newsweek magazine subscription, a pocket folder
in which to keep Newsweek magazines, one 3 1/2" disk.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES: Students will spend a minimum of 2 hours outside
study for each hour in class in order to :
generate ideas and gather supporting
evidence
analyze an audience and purpose and
adapt a message to those needs
develop a specific, well focused thesis
statement
plan, organize, and outline an effective
draft
review and revise drafts
incorporate material from various, appropriate
sources using appropriate documentation
analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of sources and readings
demonstrate satisfactory control over
the conventions of standard edited American English
demonstrate acceptable ethical standards
in research and presentation of material
use evidence and reasoning in writing
use word processing programs in the
composition process
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