Student Learning Outcomes
Students in this course will develop writing necessary for college. Students will improve their writing skills to write short essays. This course introduces academic research in multi-modal writing including various types of essays and academic summaries using sources. Students will be introduced to secondary sources and the ethical inclusion of those into their essays. Students will expand cultural knowledge related to Minnesota and the United States to compose context-appropriate written material. To maximize student learning, this course has been developed to be taken with ESOL 0920 and ESOL 0930. This course provides an equitable opportunity for non-native speakers of English to improve the skills necessary to succeed in college-level classes.
Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
- Write short essays with basic introductions, thesis statements, and conclusions.
- Organize writing according to various patterns.
- Use a word processing program to write and format essays.
- Utilize cultural context clues needed to create appropriate written materials.
- Select appropriate topics for college writing.
- Employ the mechanics and conventions of academic English for essay writing.
- Apply editing skills based on individual, peer, and instructor feedback.
- Practice the correct use of citation styles.
- Incorporate sources through use of summary, paraphrase, and quotation.
Prerequisites
Please see eServices for section availability and current pre-req/test score requirements for this course.