IE 031 Reading/Writing 3 (10 credits)

1. Create an outline for an academic essay.

2. Write correctly-formatted, 4-5 paragraph academic essays that support, develop and prove a thesis.

3. Define at least 50 headwords from the Academic Word List.

4. Determine the meanings of unfamiliar high-intermediate vocabulary using a variety of strategies.

5. Draw conclusions and make inferences based on explicit and implicit information in a high-intermediate reading.

6. Employ a range of pre-reading, during reading and post-reading strategies.

7. Identify and correct run-ons, comma splices and fragments.

8. Identify vocabulary cues that indicate opinion statements in high-intermediate texts.

9. Incorporate compound, complex and compound-complex sentences into academic essays.

10. Integrate a high-intermediate reading through paraphrasing, quoting and citing in an essay.

11. Produce simple sentences using SVO (subject verb object), S-LV-C (subject linking verb complement), S-V (subject intransitive verb) and S-V-IO-DO (subject verb indirect object direct object) sentence patterns.

12. Summarize and respond to a high-intermediate text.

13. Find articles for a specific topic covered in class using Pierce College library databases.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome 1: Upon completion of the IEP, students will be able to demonstrate the academic skills integral to success in a U. S. higher education environment.

Program Outcome 2: Upon completion of the IEP, students will be able to demonstrate an Advanced Language Acquisition Level of academic English language skills and abilities. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 100
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 100