Course

Composition for Lower Intermediate Students of English as a Second Language (Combined Section)

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
English as a Second Language
Course code
EASL 0174
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15
Max class size
20
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course with its corequisite EASL 0164 is the first in a series of combined reading and writing courses for students who wish to upgrade their writing in order to continue their education or improve employment opportunities. It is designed for students who have functional listening and speaking skills and some basic writing skills, but limited experience in writing for specific purposes. This course is primarily concerned with providing extensive writing practice to improve confidence and to give a base for developing writing competence. Using materials from the corequisite EASL 0164, students will generate and organize ideas into short compositions, improve grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary, and proofread for basic errors.
Course content
  1. Personal letters, notes, application forms,

a)                   Format

b)                   Style

 

  1. Narration, description, summarizing, paraphrasing

 

  1. Paragraphs

a)                   Paragraph preparation: generating ideas, choosing topics

b)                   Paragraph format: topic sentence, support, transitions

c)                   Paragraph development: editing and revising

 

4.             a)            Language skills: grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary

                b)            Proofreading techniques

Learning activities

The instructor will facilitate, observe and evaluate students’ participation in writing activities.  Whole and small group instruction will be combined with individual assistance and student directed learning.  Students will participate in the setting of goals by identifying their communicative and language development needs, and will participate in the selection of learning activities.

Means of assessment

The course is a college preparatory course and students will be marked on a MASTERY basis.  Mastery will be granted to students who achieve over 70% on a series of in-class and out-of-class assessments.

Learning outcomes

Within relevant educational, employment, personal and social contexts, students will:

  1. complete functional writing tasks to meet personal needs, and to prepare for formal composition assignments.
  2. write loosely paragraphed forms, such as accounts of experience or events, biographical descriptions or summaries of material from the EASL 0164 reading corequisite
  3. compose short paragraphs that make and support a simple point
  4. write comprehensibly.
Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Materials will be supplied.

 

Students may be required to purchase a text.

Requisites

Prerequisites

(EASL 0144 and 0154) or (EASL 0145 and 0155) or (EASL 0135) or (Instructor permission)

Corequisites

EASL 0164

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for EASL 0174
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025