ESOL 0371 / ENGLC 3007101     ESOL Writing I

Course Description:  In this course beginning English-language students develop, practice and apply the basic structures of English to perform simple writing tasks.  Students who enroll in this course should have basic literacy skills in their native language and be familiar with Roman script. This course carries institutional credit but will not transfer and may not be used to meet degree requirements. Prerequisite: Placement by exam.

Learning Outcomes   Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.    Write simple sentences.

2.    Write simple descriptions and narrations about familiar topics. 

3.    Write a main idea sentence and several detail sentences about that main idea.

4.    Follow basic conventions of capitalization and punctuation to demonstrate understanding of sentence boundaries.

5.    Follow basic spelling conventions.