Focuses on academic reading, writing, speaking, listening and study skills. Semi-intensive course in academic English for nonnative speakers. Focus on academic writing, reading, speaking, listening, and study skills. Effective reading and writing strategies for diverse discourse communities. Enables students to attain necessary writing skills for completing university coursework.
Completion fulfills English composition requirement.
This course enables students to improve their ability to read and write in response to academic texts. Readings and instruction in the art of effective written communication, directed toward enabling students to meet the demands of any rhetorical situation. Writing, thinking, and learning skills. Focus on audience-centered, everyday, reasoned discourse. Examines current views on American English usages, addresses prescriptive-descriptive grammar debate in relation to norms, dialects, cultural values.