ESOL0951 — Bridge to Composition I for English Language Learners
ESOL 0951 - Bridge to Composition I for English Language Learners ESOL 0951 - Bridge to Composition I for English Language Learners Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: This course is designed to English Language Learners with advanced speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills succeed in ENGL 1020 Composition I. Course topics and activities focus on developing strategies for effective academic reading, developing academic vocabulary, practicing writing as a process, thinking critically about language in context, and generating clear and coherent writing using advanced grammar structures. Special emphasis is placed on increasing independent editing skills to improve success in the college writing All students registered for ESOL 0951 must be concurrently enrolled in a paired section of ENGL 1020 so they can also complete Composition I in the same semester. ENGL 1020 is equivalent to ENGL 1021, Composition I. All students registered for ESOL 0951 must also have completed or be registered for STSC 1021. MnTC Goals N/A Rhetorical principles a. Norms and practices common to academic discourse in the English language b. Examples of different rhetorical strategies 2. Writing process(es) a. Brainstorming and narrowing topics b. Identifying main ideas and supporting details c. Multiple approaches to writing processes d. Elaborating on ideas e. Revising strategies f. Independent editing skills and strategies g. Varied and accurate sentence structure h. Annotating, sum
Prerequisites: ESOL1033, ESOL0051, ESOL0052