EN 022 - Improving College Reading & Writing

• demonstrate reading efficiency utilizing strategies to maintain adequate comprehension on and above tenth grade level expository prose;
• identify topic, main thought, details, organizational patterns and transition devices in paragraphs and articles;
• recognize common affixes and roots as an aid to increase vocabulary;
• combine listening strategies and note taking skills to take complete and useable notes;
• apply SQ3R or another study system to a textbook chapter;
• demonstrate ability to adjust reading rate to purpose and nature of material in order to maintain appropriate comprehension;
• demonstrate mastery of EN 023 proficiencies in his/her writing;
• write an expository essay in which the thesis statement is expressed in the initial paragraph, developed in the middle paragraphs, and concluded in the final paragraph;
• select, evaluate, and organize data for presentation in coherent and pointed essays;
• organize explicit details according to explicit logical or rhetorical principles;
• write paragraphs/essays in which the style, tone, complexity of expression, necessary background knowledge, assumptions, and diction are determined with conscious reference to the intended audience;
• write syntactically complete and correct sentences;
• use sentence-internal punctuation correctly to promote the movement of thought in the essay;
• maintain consistent viewpoint through the essay; and
• edit and proofread precisely.