ABED 024 Writing Fundamentals

6 credits

This course is exclusively for students who have completed the ESL course sequence in reading, writing, speaking, and listening but need further practice with writing before attending either adult secondary classes or college-level classes. Student readiness for this class can be based on their CASAS scores or by instructor recommendation. Writing Fundamentals is intended to prepare students for entry into ABED 050 or ENGL 093 depending on each student’s academic goals.

Prerequisites: EASL 065 or exit ESL score on CASAS ESL assessment plus a writing sample assessed at the intermediate or advanced level or instructor permission

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

Use appropriate grammatical structures, spelling, and punctuation to write correct sentences ranging from simple to complex
Identify paragraph parts and organize paragraphs effectively
Employ different transitional words and phrases to produce paragraphs with different methods of development (narration, description, cause/effect, etc.)
Develop ideas into final paragraphs based on readings
Edit, revise, and proofread for errors in writing

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 60