ELIUP 77 - Integrated Skills 5

10 CR

Students master the academic essay. Assigned writing tasks are varied with an emphasis on timed writing and revision. Students master higher-level sentence grammar forms including sentences with adverb clauses, noun clauses, and adjective clauses. Students read professional essays and articles and use them as examples and context for their student essays.

Prerequisite(s): Admission into the English Language Institute and completion of ELIUP 57 with a C- (1.7) or better, or permission of the department.

Course Outcomes

Write grammatically correct sentences and use sentence variety
Use the writing process from brainstorming to final draft
Paraphrase and summarize longer and more complex reading passages
Write paragraph answers to essay questions
Determine the purpose of your writing and compose an appropriate essay
Focus the essay with a clear thesis statement and topic sentences
Make a point and support it with relevant evidence
Proofread and edit written work
Increase reading speed and comprehension
Identify the main idea of a reading
Analyze the organization of a reading
Analyze the writer’s point of view in a reading
Think critically about readings and respond in discussion and writing
Take complete and accurate notes from readings and discussions

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