ENGL 98 Foundations of Academic Writing II

Builds on foundations of college English skills: Standard English usage, highlighting and annotating, close reading for main ideas, paragraphing, academic paper structure and thesis statement, MLA citation and basic research. Prerequisite: ENGL 095 and READ 091 or placement test (N)

Credits

5

Outcomes

1. Read a range of types of material, with an emphasis on informational texts and articulate that close and critical reading/analysis allows writers to understand how and why texts create meaning.
2. Demonstrate that writing is a practice which involves a multi-stage, recursive and social process.
3. Demonstrate Standard English in several modes of writing, expository/ descriptive, summaries, five paragraph essays, and research paper.
4. Articulate that writing is shaped by audience, purpose, and context, and show awareness in writings of how social systems operate, how they are studied, how history is studied, and some of the major trends and cultural organizers used to describe history.
5. Demonstrate basic research skills and practices, MLA citation, and the role of information literacy in the practice of writing.
6. Demonstrate understanding of the ethical dimensions of writing (citation, ethical/viable research, plagiarism, etc.).