Lab work centers around computer-assisted instruction designed to improve students' reading ability in content areas. It includes a study of grammar and composition with emphasis on the fundamental principles of writing. The course assists students in their ability to write clear and concise sentences and to construct effective paragraphs. This course emphasizes the processes of analysis, synthesis, and application as they relate to reading, writing, and problem solving. It stresses various strategies dealing with reading and thinking, such as making inferences, constructing and evaluating arguments, recognizing bias and propaganda, identifying patterns of organization, and reasoning critically.
Students review the components of grammar and the development of the paragraph.
The course then provides intensive work in the development of short essays. It emphasizes the writing process, with special attention to methods of organizing, revising, and editing. This course is designed to improve written and oral communication skills. Students learn to write specific types of essays that are coherent and grammatically and mechanically correct. The course also covers research techniques and procedures for documenting sources.