(EIL 373) Academic Writing Patterns

Course Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: reading at an adequate rate; using effective reading strategies; learning key vocabulary in the text focusing on important information; text marking and highlighting; passing quizzes and tests on the content; participating in class in ways that demonstrate understanding.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: listening to extended academic discourse; using effective note-taking skills; asking questions and making comments in whole-class settings; passing quizzes and tests on the content using lecture notes; participating in class in ways that demonstrate understanding.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: participating in whole- class and group interactions both during class and outside of class in culturally and academically appropriate ways; speaking with adequate fluency; using an intelligible accent.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: writing academic texts that are sensitive to the audience and purpose of the assignment; writing both with support and independently; using correct grammar and academic vocabulary; writing papers of varying types and lengths that clearly communicate their learning.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: using the words accurately in their speech and writing; recognizing AWL words in reading texts and lectures; Learn new academic words,word families, and collocations.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: visiting with a grammar tutor every week to review select writing assignments.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to do this by: participating in weekly online metacognitive discussions with their class peers. Other self-reflection opportunities will be part of the course final.