This course is an introduction to academic reading, writing, and vocabulary. Students are exposed to reading texts of various genres, such as encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and websites, and are taught strategies for dealing with them. The writing component teaches argumentation and such rhetorical modes as exemplification, causal analysis, and comparison. Students are taught the writing process and introduced to paragraphing, cohesion, conciseness, unity and the use of specific detail, and are alerted to common errors in grammar and sentence structure. The vocabulary component is based on the Academic Word List, a corpus of approximately 600 words based on the most frequently occurring lexis in a broad range of academic texts. During the course, students are expected to maintain a Reading and Writing Portfolio as guided self-study.
Prerequisite: Completion of Preparatory English Program
Texts: An Introduction to Academic Discourse (online Blackboard course)
| ENGL 101 COURSE COMPONENTS - T202 | ||
| Writing Portfolio 10% | WP | Students select 10 pieces of writing done throughout the class as practice tests. |
| WRITING TESTS 45% | WT 1
WT 2 WT 3 | Comparison (15%)
Causal Analysis (15%) Strong argument (15%) |
| MIDTERM EXAM 15% | MTE | A multiple-choice examination based on two TOEFL-like readings followed by questions relating to the vocabulary contained in the Academic Word Lists 1-3 and common grammatical errors associated with academic English. |
| FINAL EXAM 30% | FE | A multiple-choice examination based on TOEFL-like readings followed by questions relating to the vocabulary contained in the Academic Word Lists 4-6 and common grammatical errors associated with academic English. (15%) A five paragraph argument essay with counter-argument. (15%) |