Course includes learning style assessment, time management, study reading, memory techniques, test-taking strategies, and research techniques. Covers proper word usage, sentence, structure and punctuation.
Weekly writing includes personal essays and summaries.
Emphasis is on improving grammar and writing skills for personal needs and preparation for technical coursework. Students are placed in materials according to pretesting information. Placement test and assigned materials given for appropriate level. Students given a placement test and assigned materials at an appropriate level. Builds a base of words used in everyday communication, provides systematic study, increases proficiency in oral and written communication and reading comprehension.