ENGL 0250 — – Express English
Prerequisite: Placement determined by a minimum entry assessment score This course is designed to help students learn and develop critical reading and writing skills necessary for evaluating, synthesizing, and integrating secondary source materials to support an argument. Students will learn rhetorical modes from the perspective of a reader and writer. In addition, this course covers the basic rules of standard written English. The course emphasis will be on sentence structure, grammar and usage, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, writing style, and basic paragraph and essay form. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): none ready assessment score in reading Corequisite: none Students will learn the process of writing their ideas for an audience. The course will focus on the generation, organization and communication of ideas in expository essay forms based on experience, observation, and research, with an emphasis on argumentation, critical thinking, and rhetorical strategies. Mechanics and writing style will also be integrated throughout the course. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): 1