ESL 034 - Intermediate Writing I

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

English As A Second Language

Description:

This course is a continuation of Elementary Writing (ESL 024). Students write longer paragraphs and short essays using more advanced writing strategies such as narration, illustration and analysis. Frequent in-class writing and out of class assignments help prepare students for future academic writing in non-ESL classes.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Write compound and complex sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation. Use perfect tenses, real conditionals, models, passive constructions, gerunds and infinitives. Use consistent verb tenses, pronouns and transitional connectors to link ideas. Use subordination to combine short sentences and to emphasize important ideas. Write short essays of 300 words using several well-supported paragraphs. Use description, narration, explanation and comparison. Generate and organize ideas using a number of pre-writing strategies. Take effective notes showing main ideas and important details. Demonstrate skill in revision and process writing in a portfolio of written work.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: ESL 024 or appropriate test scores.

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 01/03/2013 

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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