ESL 071 Intermediate Reading & Writing

Students will increase fluency and confidence through informal class-writing such as journaling. Students will analyze and respond to fiction and non-fiction texts independently in formal and informal writing assignments. Students will acquire and master the use of new vocabulary through various reading and writing assignments. Students will further understand function and form of the English parts of speech. Students will understand how to go from writing a sentence, to writing a paragraph, to writing a five-paragraph analytical essay. Students will begin to develop writing skills that will lead them to academic success; they will become aware of the importance of word choice, sentence structure, and organizational techniques through process writing. Students will understand and demonstrate the ability to write persuasively,descriptively, and informatively. Students will utilize the campus library to acquire research skills. Students will read and analyze multi-disciplinary resources and incorporate them into short formal academic writing assignments. Students will understand the consequences of plagiarism and how to avoid it using paraphrasing and summarizing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of APA formatting and referencing in academic writing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of research and academic analysis by completing a five-paragraph written research assignment. Prerequisite: Students assigned to this course have scored between a 40-44 composite score on the Written Expression section and between a 40-46 composite score on the Reading Comprehension section of the Internet-based TOEFL test administered by international programs at the beginning of each semester.