ENG 097 - Reading and Writing Skills ESOL I

This is a beginner-intermediate course designed to improve the communication skills of students who speak English as a Second or Other Language and to assist students with developing their reading, writing, and vocabulary skills in academic English. Much of the content of this course will revolve around the themes of identity, culture, and education. There will be regular intensive grammar exercises, reading and writing responses, one paragraph writing assignments, and collaborative communication exercises. This course builds on skills taught in ENG 096 and begins to teach/focus on Rhetoric; i.e.; word choice, text structure, and point of view, purpose and persuasive arguments. This course does not fulfill the English requirement for a certificate or degree and cannot be used as an elective.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 096 with a grade of C or better, or appropriate score on initial layers intake and assessment