First-Year Composition for ESL
Description: Equivalent of ENG 101 for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total. Prerequisites: Appropriate ASSET/COMPASS placement test score, or a grade of "C" or better in ENG071 or ESL077.Course Note: Through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total, the student will demonstrate an understanding of writing as a process per the course competencies.
MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
ENG107 20066-99999 First-Year Composition for ESL
1. Analyze specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and writer, as well as the writing's ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, III)
2. Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV)
3. Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and mechanics. (I, IV)
4. Summarize, paraphrase, and quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to develop and support one's own ideas. (III, IV)
5. Use feedback obtained through peer review, instructor comments, and/or other sources to revise writing. (II)
6. Assess one's own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II, III)
7. Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV)
MCCCD Official Course Outline:
ENG107 20066-99999 First-Year Composition for ESL
I. Understanding Rhetorical Contexts
A. Circumstance
B. Purpose
C. Topic
D. Audience
E. Writer
II. Developing Effective Processes
A. Invention
B. Drafting
C. Feedback
D. Revision
E. Presentation
III. Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically
A. Reading to discover
B. Reading to analyze rhetorically
C. Writing to discover
D. Writing to communicate
E. Writing to reflect
IV. Knowing Conventions
A. Format
B. Structure
C. Documentation of sources
D. Mechanics
ENG108 20066-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
First-Year Composition for ESL
Equivalent of ENG102 for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on persuasive, research-based writing and understanding writing as a process. Developing advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total. Prerequisites: Grade of C, or better, in ENG107.Course Note: Through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total, the student will demonstrate an understanding of writing as a process per the course competencies. Not open to students who have completed ENG101.
MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
ENG108 20066-99999 First-Year Composition for ESL
1. Write for specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and writer, as well as the writing's ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, IV)
2. Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, V)
3. Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and mechanics. (I, V)
4. Find, evaluate, select, and synthesize both online and print sources that examine a topic from multiple perspectives. (I, III)
5. Integrate sources through summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting from sources to develop and support one's own ideas. (III, IV)
6. Identify, select, and use an appropriate documentation style to maintain academic integrity. (III)
7. Use feedback obtained through peer review, instructor comments, and/or other sources to revise writing. (II)
8. Assess one's own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II)
9. Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, V)
MCCCD Official Course Outline:
ENG108 20066-99999 First-Year Composition for ESL
I. Applying Knowledge of Rhetorical Contexts
A. Circumstance
B. Purpose
C. Topic
D. Audience
E. Writer
II. Refining Effective Processes
A. Invention
B. Drafting
C. Feedback
D. Revision
E. Presentation
III. Researching Critically
A. Primary and secondary sources
B. Note taking
C. Summary and paraphrase
D. Documentation of sources
E. Information literacy
IV. Writing Persuasively
A. Logical appeals
B. Ethical appeals
C. Emotional appeals
D. Authority
E. Evidence
V. Applying Conventions
A. Citation style
B. Format
C. Structure
D. Mechanics