ENG 100T - Transitional English

Description:
A study of academic written English with review of sentence and paragraph-level skills, such as word usage, sentence structure, organization, grammar, and mechanics with a reading component to improve comprehension of academic English; students will learn to write unified, coherent paragraphs and short compositions. Credits will not be allowed toward meeting bachelor’s degree requirements.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Explore assumptions, opinions, facts, and reasoning of others, using critical reading strategies that include an understanding of text organization and purpose.
Use text marking and other critical reading strategies to demonstrate an understanding of tone, purpose, and organization.
Write unified and coherent paragraphs and short compositions, following standard conventions of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Be able to write essays which contain a thesis or central idea (an-assertion), supported by appropriate evidence from texts and developed according to an organizing principle.
Demonstrate the ability to summarize main ideas and supporting details from other texts.
Use appropriate strategies to generate ideas, organize, draft, revise, edit, and proofread their own writing.