College English for ESL Students - Composition

Duration: 4 weeks for each level

These courses are specifically designed to help ESL students improve their Composition. Revisions of important grammatical points and paragraph structures are stressed to improve the students writing skills. The intention of the courses is to prepare the ESL students for college level writing

• Developmental English
  This course is a study and practice of the basic concepts of composition, including paragraph and essay construction. It introduces students to the composition process: prewriting, writing, and revising. The course also emphasizes grammar, sentence mechanics, editing, and critical thinking skills. Placement in this course is based on a minimum proficiency test score and a departmental writing sample.
  
  
• English Composition I
  This course emphasizes the process and strategies of writing with critical attention to purpose, audience, and style. Students write analytical essays based on readings, observations, and ideas; develop their inventiveness and voice; and edit for style and conventions of standard usage. This course introduces Modern Language Association (MLA) format.
  
  
• English Composition II
  This course furthers the composition skills developed in English Composition 1, focusing on critical reading, writing, and research. Students will write expository and persuasive essays, using literary and/or interdisciplinary materials. This course also requires a researched essay.
  Prerequisite: English Composition I

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