Students also learn to revise, edit, and present texts for specific groups of readers. Students will be required to develop word-processing skills. In this developmental course, students learn and practice the writing skills necessary for College of Liberal Arts writing courses. They gather information from various sources, plan, draft, revise and edit texts in various forms, such as summary, classification, comparison and contrast. They learn strategies to organize and develop their texts on various topics, and for various purposes and audiences.
Students also learn to revise, edit, and present texts for specific groups of readers.
Students will be required to develop word-processing skills and keep a portfolio of their work. Students develop the language knowledge, strategies and procedures needed to continue the development of academic reading and writing skills in the Nonfiction Reading II and Academic Writing II courses. Students will learn basic literary terms and improve their critical reading skills in order to appreciate literature. The exploration and study of literature will stimulate discussions of the relationships of literary works to one's own life. This developmental course is for student who are familiar with basic literary analysis and are ready to identify, elucidate and discuss traditional literary elements.