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2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ESL 099 - ESL Writing Essentials

Prerequisite: Successful completion of ESL 098  and/or appropriate score on the placement test and/or writing sample.
(3 Credits)
This course is designed for students whose native language is not English. Instruction includes integration of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Emphasis is on developing reading comprehension suitable for American college freshman-level courses. Instruction focuses on developing reading strategies to enhance comprehension, recall, analysis of texts and academic vocabulary. Writing instruction emphasizes paragraphs and short essays that are unified, coherent, and fully developed. Students placed into this course are required to utilize online learning tools for additional instruction, homework, and skill-building exercises, and are required to meet with instructors or tutors outside of normally scheduled class time.   Total of 45 contact hours.



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