In ESL 15, students practice strategies for reading and writing academic texts in order to participate successfully in their university classes. They learn to (a) define topic, purpose, audience, and appropriate organizational structure for written compositions; (b) revise and reshape their writing to improve ideas, organization, language use, and word choice; (c) identify and correct structural and grammatical errors within their written texts; and (d) find sources, take notes, and cite other writers, using the library to conduct research and avoid plagiarism.
Effective Speech (CAS 100A) explores how people use techniques of oral communication to address practical, professional and civic problems. It is designed to introduce students to principles of effective public speaking, implemented through the design and presentation of individual speeches. CAS 100A fulfills 3 credits of the writing and speaking requirement for general education.
This pride is reserved for undergraduate students who are intermediate-advanced level non-native speakers of English. Students will become familiar with the various stages in the process of writing and develop strategies for reading and writing various models of American academic discourse.