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Description: MCCCD Approval:
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ESL087 2009
Fall – 2010 Summer II |
LEC 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Basic Writing Skills for English Language Learners |
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Emphasis on basic writing skills using Standard English in sentences and short paragraphs incorporating correct, clear, and idiomatic English in preparation for college-level composition. Establish effective writing strategies through six or more writing projects. Prerequisites: Appropriate English placement score, or grade of “C” or better in ESL077, or permission of Department or Division. |
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies: |
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ESL087 2009 Fall – 2010 Summer II |
Basic Writing Skills
for English Language Learners |
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1. Describe the
contextual nature of writing, including the importance of circumstance,
purpose, topic, audience and writer. (I) 2. Organize writing
to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development.
(I, II, III, IV) 3. Use
conventions in writing complete sentences, using appropriate grammar, and
mechanics with special attention to verbs, word order, prepositions, and articles.
(II, IV) 4. Use
conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, and diction. (II,
IV) 5. Recognize
effective and appropriate ideas. (II, III) 6. Use
combining methods of coordination and subordination in idiomatic English to
craft a variety of sentence types. (II, IV) 7. Recognize
and implement steps in the writing process for sentence and paragraph
projects, including prewriting, drafting, and editing for unity, coherence,
grammar, and idiomatic expressions. (I, II, IV) 8. Use feedback
obtained from peer review, instructor comments and/or other resources to
revise writing. (II) 9. Assess one's
own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through
instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods.
(II) 10. Generate,
format, edit, and deliver writing using appropriate technology. (II, IV) |
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MCCCD Official Course Outline: |
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ESL087 2009 Fall – 2010 Summer II |
Basic Writing Skills
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I. Describing Rhetorical Context A. Circumstance B. Purpose C. Topic D. Audience E. Writer II. Establishing Effective Processes A. Invention B. Drafting C. Feedback D. Revision E. Presentation III. Thinking,
A. B. C. Writing to communicate IV. Recognizing Conventions A. Format B. Structure C. Mechanics D. Grammar 1. Complete sentences a. Using parts of speech b. Using connective words and structures c. Avoiding fragments and fused sentences 2. Agreement and accurate expression a. Subjects, verbs, pronouns b. Verb tense, mode, voice (1). Past, present, future (2). Modals of probability, possibility, ability, advice, request (3). Passive and active voice c. Avoiding shifts in time, person, and voice d. Correct use of prepositions and phrasal verbs 3. Sentence variety and combining a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Coordinates e. Subordinates f. Correlatives E. Punctuation and capitalization 1. End marks 2. Commas, colons, apostrophes, dashes, ellipses, parentheses, semi-colons 3. Capital letters F. Spelling 1. Common American English spelling patterns 2. Commonly confused words 3. Words with silent letters 4. Frequently misspelled words G. Problem areas in sentence structure 1. Misplaced and dangling modifiers 2. Parallelism |