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ESL 501 - Introduction to Academic Writing
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| Credit:
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0 hours/0 units
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| Contact hours:
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4 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. Students take ESL 501: 1) upon successful
completion of the prerequisite course ESL 500; 2) if they proficiency out
of ESL 500; or 3) if they are directly placed into ESL 501 on the basis
of their EPT score. Students are exempted from taking this course altogether
if they proficiency out of ESL 501 on the basis of the diagnostic test
administered to all students during the first week of instruction.
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| Relation to other courses:
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ESL 501 is the final course in the graduate sequence
of required courses (ESL 500-501). Some students may go on to take ESL
502 and 503, which are recommended courses.
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| Audience:
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International non-native speaker graduate students
enrolled at UIUC
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| Textbook:
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Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers,
Troyka, Prentice Hall. Course Packet of readings and activities
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| Abstract:
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This course is an "all-skills" course which focuses
principally on academic writing skills at the term paper/research paper
level.
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| Course contents:
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This course trains students in the use of academic
writing conventions. Special emphasis is placed on the necessary skills
for writing from sources. Students review strategies for effective and
critical reading and they learn to correctly incorporate material from
sources into their writing as support. In addition, students are required
to complete genre analysis activities and to write all or some of the following:
summaries, multi-source essays, a critical review, and a research paper
in the students' field of specialization. Students receive instruction
from U of I librarians on how to conduct the research they do as part of
their final research paper project.
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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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Letter grades based on performance of students on
class assignments and participation in class. A passing grade for this
course is a grade of B- or higher.
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