Course

Writing Skills Review

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
English
Course code
ENGL 1124
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
15
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Lab
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course will refresh the student’s writing ability in preparation for university-transfer courses requiring writing. It will include instruction in paragraph and essay development as well as work on grammar and mechanics.
Course content
  1. General principles of paragraph and essay development
  2. Required readings as a basis for writing assignments
  3. Peer-review workshops
  4. Grammar, pre-writing and revision exercises
  5. In-class and out-of-class writing
Learning activities
  • Workshop/tutorial
  • Lecture
  • Instructor feedback on students’ written work
Means of assessment

A minimum of seven evaluations, including at least two paragraphs and two short essays.

At least 15% of the evaluated work for the course must be completed in class.

Learning outcomes

Successful students should be able to

  1. write clearly and correctly
  2. apply principles of unity, coherence, and emphasis in their writing
  3. develop a paragraph using a topic sentence and supporting evidence
  4. develop an essay using a thesis statement  
  5. plan, evaluate, revise, edit and proofread their writing
  6. begin to incorporate readings or other source materials into their writing
Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Sample reading list:

Lipschutz et al, The Canadian Writer’s Workplace

Requisites

Prerequisites

  • The minimum required score on the Douglas College English Assessment, written within the last four years, OR
  • a final grade of "B" or higher in English 12, Literature 12 or English 12 First Peoples, OR
  • proof of enrolment in a college-level writing or literature course, defined as a course that transfers to Douglas College as an English, Communications or Creative Writing course, OR
  • a grade of C- in EASL 0460, or a minimum grade of C- in both EASL 0465 and 0475, OR
  • a grade of C- or better in ENGU 0450 or ENGU 0455, OR
  • a Language Proficiency Index (LPI) score of 5 on both Essay Level and English Usage and a score of 10 on the Reading Comprehension section, OR
  • an IELTS score of 7 with a minimum score on all parts of 6.5 within the last two years, OR
  • a TOEFL (internet-based) overall score of 92 with a minimum of 22 in each of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing within the last two years

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

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 ENGL 1124
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025