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ESL 114 - Introduction to Academic Writing
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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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Students take ESL 114: 1) upon successful completion
of the prerequisite course ESL 113; 2) if they proficiency out of ESL 113;
or 3) if they are placed directly into ESL 114 on the basis of their EPT
score.
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| Relation to other courses:
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ESL 114 is the second course in the undergraduate
sequence of required courses (ESL 113, 114 and 115). This course is the
first of two courses (ESL 114 and 115) for non-native speakers of English
which fulfill the university's undergraduate Rhetoric requirement. They
are therefore equivalent to Rhetoric 105 and SpeechComm 113 in the native
speaker Rhetoric track.
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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:
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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 developing students ability to use academic sources to write
multi-paragraph academic essays.
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| Course contents:
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Major writing assignments of this course include:
. 2-3 paragraphs
The course begins with a review of the fundamentals
of paragraph writing. The multi-paragraph essay is introduced, and discussed
in detail throughout the semester, with emphasis on elements such as thesis
formation, introductions, conclusions, and transitions. Students learn
common rhetorical modes, such as comparison/contrast, process, cause/effect,
and argumentation. Students are taught to write from sources, and learn
the importance of supporting their ideas with authoritative facts, statistics,
and specific details. Synthesis of sources and the mechanics of integrating
sources are discussed. At the end of the semester, the research paper is
introduced. Students write one 5-7 page research paper on topics which
are selected by the library staff. Students base their papers on source
material which has been selected and organized into packets by the library
staff.
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| Type of work: | 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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Letter grades are 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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