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Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/28/06 |
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ENG107
20066-20095 |
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First-Year Composition for ESL |
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Description: Equivalent of ENG 101 for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total. Prerequisites: Appropriate ASSET/COMPASS placement test score, or a grade of C or better in ENG071 or ESL077. |
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Course Note: Through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total, the student will demonstrate an understanding of writing as a process per the course competencies. |
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies: |
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ENG107 20066-20095 |
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Analyze specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and writer, as well as the writing's ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, III) |
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Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV) |
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Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and mechanics. (I, IV) |
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Summarize, paraphrase, and quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to develop and support one's own ideas. (III, IV) |
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Use feedback obtained through peer review, instructor comments, and/or other sources to revise writing. (II) |
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Assess one's own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II, III) |
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Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV) |
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MCCCD Official Course Outline: |
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ENG107 20066-20095 |
First-Year Composition
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I. Understanding Rhetorical Contexts A. Circumstance B. Purpose C. Topic D. Audience E. Writer II. Developing Effective Processes A. Invention B. Drafting C. Feedback D. Revision E. Presentation III. Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically A. Reading to discover B. Reading to analyze rhetorically C. Writing to discover D. Writing to communicate E. Writing to reflect IV. Knowing Conventions A. Format B. Structure C. Documentation of sources D. Mechanics |
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