INTL 075 Beginning Academic Reading & Writing

5 credits

This course is for non-native speakers of English who are international students and emphasizes academic reading skills, including comparing and contrasting, hypothesizing, and evaluating information and texts at a basic level. Students review the basic academic paragraph structure and write simple explanatory and descriptive paragraphs.

Prerequisites: Appropriate score on IEP Placement test, or INTL 065, or instructor permission.

Corequisites: INTL 074.

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to, in English:

Predict content of simple texts through skimming
Identify main ideas and details in beginning-level materials on familiar topics
Read simple texts critically to evaluate advantages and disadvantages or pros and cons of information presented
Express opinions and support them with specific information
Relate previous knowledge to reading
Write simple and compound sentences that show an understanding of basic grammar and punctuation
Use brainstorming, graphic organizers, and simple outlines to generate and organize information for writing
Write simple well-organized explanatory and descriptive paragraphs following the rules for academic writing
Write a business letter following appropriate format

Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 60