Maricopa Community Colleges  ENG067   20002-20015 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  11/23/99
ENG067      20002-20015 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Basic Writing Skills for English as a Second Language
Emphasis on basic writing skills in sentences and short paragraphs using correct, clear, and idiomatic English Prerequisites: Appropriate English or ESL placement score, or ENG012, or ENG035, or permission of department chair.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ENG067   20002-20015 Basic Writing Skills for English as a Second Language
1. Generate at least (10) passages of writing demonstrating various grammatical concepts and correct idiomatic expression and diction. (I)
2. Use combining methods to produce different sentence patterns with correct punctuation. (I)
3. Generate grammatically accurate, idiomatic writing in English with a main focus and appropriate supporting details following the writing process. (II)
4. Revise written passages to correct common errors in sentence structure, spelling, punctuation and capitalization, verb forms, articles, prepositions, and phrasal verbs. (I, III)
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ENG067   20002-20015 Basic Writing Skills for English as a Second Language
    I. Grammar
        A. Complete sentences
          1. Using parts of speech
          2. Using connective words and structures
          3. Avoiding fragments and fused sentences
        B. Agreement and accurate expression
          1. Subjects, verbs, pronouns
          2. Verb tense, mode, voice
            a. Past, present, future
            b. Modals of probability, possibility, ability, advice, request
            c. Passive and active voice
          1. Avoiding shifts in time, person, and voice
          2. Correct use of prepositions and phrasal verbs
        C. Sentence variety and combining
          1. Simple
          2. Compound
          3. Complex
          4. Coordinates
          5. Subordinates
          6. Correlatives
        D. Punctuation and capitalization
          1. End marks
          2. Commas, colons, apostrophes, dashes, ellipses, parentheses, semi-colons
          3. Capital letters
        E. Spelling
          1. Common American English spelling patterns
          2. Commonly confused words
          3. Words with silent letters
          4. Frequently misspelled words
        F. Problem areas in sentence structure
          1. Misplaced and dangling modifiers
          2. Parallelism
      II. The writing process
          A. Brainstorming and free-writing
          B. Paragraph development
            1. Writing topic sentences
            2. Using supporting details
              a. Concreteness
              b. Time and spatial order
              c. Statistics
              d. Word choice
            1. Coherence and unity
        III. Revising and editing
            A. Gathering information and ideas
            B. Analyzing the information and ideas
            C. Identifying topic and controlling idea (topic sentence)
            D. First draft
            E. Revisions
            F. Conventions of formatting and page appeal
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