Courses Designed for Multilingual Students

Development of academic writing skills with focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and fundamental composition techniques, with additional work on grammar and editing. (4 units)

Development of academic writing skills with focus on synthesizing sources, strategies of argumentation, academic reading, and vocabulary, with additional work on grammar and editing. (4 units)

Development of academic writing skills with focus on writing process, grammatical structures key to clear and effective style, and practice with major forms of academic writing, with additional work on critical analysis of readings. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies English as a Second Language requirement. (5 units)

Second course in university-level discourse, with analysis and critique of university-level texts. Emphasis on revision for argumentative coherence and effective style. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies Entry-Level Writing requirement. (5 units)

Second course in university-level discourse, with analysis and critique of university-level texts. Emphasis on strategies for developing coherent and well-argued pieces of academic writing and for achieving effective and clear style in academic prose. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies Entry-Level Writing and English as a Second Language requirements. (5 units)

Rhetorical techniques and skillful argument. Analysis of varieties of academic prose and writing of minimum of 20 pages of revised text. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies Writing I requirement. (5 units)

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the sound system of English applied to the improvement of a student’s own pronunciation. Individualized feedback is provided through frequent recording assignments and on-line pronunciation resources. (4 units)

This course focuses on making presentations in academic and professional settings and is designed for students who are preparing for graduate school, job interviews, and/or a career. (4 units)

This course is designed for students who have completed their ESL writing requirement, but would like to strengthen their ability to self-edit their writing for syntactic accuracy and stylistic variety. (4 units)

This course provides instruction in and practice of academic reading skills using academic texts. The focus is on improving reading rate and comprehension, expanding academic vocabulary, and developing critical reading skills. (4 units)

This course provides composition Peer Learning Facilitators (PLFs) who work in the Undergraduate Writing Center or on other campus writing initiatives with ongoing mentoring in composition and peer learning methodologies. The course includes an overview of the language, writing and literacy needs of diverse college-aged writers, including developing writers, multilingual writers, and non-native English speaking writers. It provides an opportunity to reflect critically on practical and theoretical frameworks for best-practice tutoring. (2 units, S/U grading)