This is a common-core course designed to help students develop their academic English skills. In addition to refining their reading, listening, speaking and writing skills, students will be introduced to new academic strategies that will help them in their departmental studies. Students will learn how to summarize, paraphrase and cite sources.
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1.Identify the main topic and related ideas in an academic text,
2.Identify examples supporting an argument in an academic text,
3.Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details in a presentation or lecture,
4.Justify and sustain views clearly by providing relevant explanations and arguments,
5.Summarize information from an academic text,
6.Support a line of argument in an academic text using direct and indirect quotes,
7.Write an academic essay in response to a specific question.