ENGL0091 - English Foundations

Credits
3 (3/0/0)
Description
This course integrates the beginning levels of college-level reading and writing. Students will practice various reading strategies and develop proficiency in comprehending, summarizing and interpreting college-level texts as well as practice strategies designed to strengthen their writing skills, including grammar, usage and mechanics.
Prerequisites
  • Course placement is determined by assessment
Competencies
  1. Develop awareness and understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses as readers.
  2. Describe and apply text reading strategies.
  3. Determine the implied meaning of a text.
  4. Comprehend the meaning of words and phrases in context.
  5. Identify central ideas of a text and analyze how sentences, paragraphs or sections of a text relate to each other and to the whole.
  6. Identify the different purposes for reading such as study reading, critical reading and recreational or personal reading.
  7. Develop awareness and understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses as writers.
  8. Create clear, well-constructed sentences and paragraphs in a variety of patterns.
  9. Practice application of appropriate tone and voice in writing based upon intended audience.
  10. Develop editing and proofreading skills.
  11. Compose unified, coherent and well-developed writings, including paragraphs and essays.
  12. Practice all stages of the writing process: prewriting/exploration, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading and presentation.