Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ELB602 Advanced Academic Reading and Writing (3 cr.)


The course, designed for non-native English speakers with advanced language proficiencies, assists students in acquiring academic reading and writing competencies required for effective and successful graduate-level course participation.  Through an integrated skills approach, the course explores critical reading strategies, academic writing conventions, and disciplinary specific vocabulary development. Within the writing context, grammatical structures are covered based on identified student errors.  Course topics include academic vocabulary; reading speed and comprehension; text analysis; paraphrasing and summarizing; essay development; research writing; revising and editing; APA resource citing; and plagiarism.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Demonstrate level-appropriate reading comprehension.
  2. Interpret complex texts through written synopses.
  3. Present ideas in coherent and effective writing.
  4. Use discipline and level-appropriate vocabulary.
  5. Choose appropriate resource texts.
  6. Use self-revising and editing strategies.
  7. Document sources using APA format.
  8. Write a research paper.
  9. Use strategies to avoid plagiarism.



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