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ESL 113U/L English Structure and Paragraph Development
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| Credit:
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3 hours
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| Contact hours:
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3 hours
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| Prerequisite:
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A minimum score of 550 on the TOEFL is assumed by
the university for admission purposes. Placement into ESL 113 is by EPT
score. Students may proficiency out of ESL 113 into ESL 114 on the basis
of their performance on a diagnostic written test given to all students
in the first week of instruction.
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| Relation to other courses:
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Relation to other courses: ESL 113 is the entry
level course in the undergraduate sequence of required courses (ESL 113,114
and 115). ESL 113 is divided into two sub-levels: 113 L(ower) and 113 U(pper).
Students who enroll in ESL 113, whether U or L, are generally placed into
the same course. This course provides a basis for students who are not
yet ready to take ESL 114 and 115, which fulfill the university's undergraduate
Rhetoric requirement.
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| Audience:
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Non-native speaker degree-seeking undergraduate
students and international exchange students enrolled at UIUC.
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| Textbook: | Key for Writers, Ann Raimes, Houghton Mifflin
Co.
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| Abstract:
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This course is an all-skills course which focuses
principally on introducing students to the idea of academic writing at
the paragraph level.
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| Course contents:
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Major writing assignments include:
. 3-4 in-class paragraph writing assignments
This course begins with an overview of the process
of academic writing. Students are introduced to various types of pre-writing
activities, such as brainstorming, clustering, outlining, and freewriting.
Then, students work through the steps of the writing process including
organizing, multiple drafting, proofreading, and revising. The focus of
the course is on paragraph-level writing, with the beginning of the course
concentrating on the elements of a basic paragraph and later progressing
to expanding to multiple paragraphs. Students pay particular attention
to writing clear topic sentences, using specific and adequate support,
maintaining unity, coherence, and cohesion, and writing conclusions. In
order to prepare students for academic assignments students work on skills
such as academic listening, notetaking, essay exam skills, critical reading,
and academic plagiarism. Students are also introduced to the idea of paraphrasing,
quoting and source documentation.
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| Type of work:
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Students do a variety of individual, pair, small
group and whole class activities, which are supplemented by homework assignments.
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| Grading basis:
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Grading basis: Letter grades based on performance
of students on class assignments and participation in class. A passing
grade for this course is a grade of C- or higher.
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