The instructor will facilitate, observe and evaluate students’ participation in learning activities which directly support their English 1130 coursework. Whole and small group instruction will be combined with individual assistance and student-directed learning.
The content will be derived from the English 1130 course content and requirements, and sequenced accordingly.
Reading Skills
- based on English 1130 reading materials and assignment instruction packages
- reading comprehension skills and strategies
- analysis and synthesis of sources
Writing Skills
- summary writing skills
- pre-writing steps and strategies (e.g., exploring ideas, finding supportable, significant topics, narrowing to a thesis)
- argument development and support
- skills and conventions of integrating reading into writing (including quoting, paraphrasing, and documenting)
- revision strategies (editing for grammar, clarity, argument, support)
Interactive Skills
- skills and attitudes for effective edit group participation
- strategies for effective consultation with instructors
Study Skills
- library-use and research skills for finding sources
Within the context of English 1130, successful students can:
- understand and appropriately use academic reading materials for support in argument essays
- develop significant and supportable arguments
- develop coherent and appropriately organized, documented, and supported essays from the arguments
- participate effectively in peer edit groups
a) by providing constructive, critical feedback on drafts of essays written by peers
b) by benefiting from peers’ critical feedback on the student’s own drafts and making appropriate changes
- systematically edit their own paper for a range of language errors
A mastery model of on-going evaluation will be used. A student will reach mastery when s/he has demonstrated through satisfactory completion of exercises, assignments and other assessments that the course objectives have been achieved.
Where formal tests of specific skills are used, mastery will be defined as a score of 70% or more.
Progress will be monitored on a regular basis by the instructor in consultation with each student.
Evaluation in EASL 0496 will not be tied to students’ achievement in English 1130.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
English 1130 course texts and materials will be used.