ESL 139 - Writing III

Credits: 3

Description
The goal of this course is for ESL students to write essays.

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify advanced – high level capitalization and punctuation rules in sentences, identify paragraphs with accurate summaries, and explain reference and bibliography rules.
Recognize prepositions, clauses, connecting words for essay genres, and modals to control tone and describe their function in paragraphs and essays.
Define advanced-high level high-frequency vocabulary words.
Construct sentences with advanced-high level grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation and compose complex paragraphs for 5-paragraph essays about academic topics.

Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test; or ESL 135 and ESL 138 both with a grade of C- or higher; or Instructor approval