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 for creating effective and useful notes;
• apply SQ3R or another study system to a textbook chapter;
• demonstrate the ability to adjust reading rate to suit the purpose and nature of material for effective comprehension;
• write an expository essay with a thesis statement in the first paragraph, further developed in the body paragraphs, and concluded in the final paragraph;
• select, evaluate, and organize data for presentation in coherent and focused essays;
• organize specific 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 sentences;
• use sentence-internal punctuation correctly to promote the movement of thought in the paragraph/essay;
• maintain a consistent point of view throughout the essay; and
• edit and proofread precisely.