ELL 024 - Elementary Writing

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Description:

This course is for advanced beginners who can write basic sentences and have some knowledge of English sentence structures. The course covers basic grammatical structures, some models of compound and complex sentences, and introduces students to simple paragraph writing as well as other types of writing needed in everyday life and academic environment. It is recommended that students take the course with grammar, reading, and listening/speaking courses of similar levels. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Construct simple, clear sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation; Create simplified forms of compound and complex sentences with appropriate linking words/conjunctions; Compose unified paragraphs of 8 to 10 sentences about people, places and events in accordance with the academic standards; Collect and organize information for paragraph writing; Recognize and identify the basic parts of speech in writing using the correct dictionary abbreviations; Use the basic verb tenses to indicate present, past and future time in writing; Utilize the common modals and prepositions of time and location correctly; Recognize and correct common writing and sentence errors; Choose and use correct word forms, articles, and prepositions in writing.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Appropriate Placement Test Scores

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/27/2012 - 08/23/2024 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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