ESL 091 Academic Reading & Writing

Students will increase fluency and confidence through informal class writing. Students will analyze and respond to fiction and non-fiction texts independently in formal and informal writing assignments. Students will further understand function and form of the English parts of speech. Students will understand and interpret academic and formal written language on a variety of topics. Students will demonstrate an understanding of academic and formal language through essay writing. Students will demonstrate an understanding of formal organization and structure in academic writing. Students will utilize the campus library to acquire research skills. Students will read and analyze multi-disciplinary resources and incorporate them into 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 written research assignment. Prerequisite: Students assigned to this course have scored between a 51-56 composite score on the Written Expression section and between a 52-56 composite score on the Reading Comprehension section of the Internet-based TOEFL test administered by international programs at the beginning of each semester.