Performance Standards/EAP 1640/Writing VI

EAP 1640

Writing VI

Course Description

EAP 1640 Writing VI: (3) (A.A.). Three hours per week. Placement by ESL Accuplacer and writing sample or successful completion of EAP 1540. This is a high advanced-level writing course for ESL students designed to develop their ability to write a variety of college-level essays with sophistication, fluency, and accuracy and execute other academic writing tasks. Please note that no more than a total of twelve (12) combined credits from EAP courses may count towards A.A. elective credits. Students are advised to consult the transfer university about the number of transferrable credits for EAP courses.

Performance Standards

The student, upon successful completion of EAP 1640, should be able to:

  1. Write college-level academic essays/papers following a process approach by demonstrating the ability to:
  • consider academic purpose and audience
  • narrow a topic
  • use pre-writing techniques (e.g., collecting and selecting relevant supporting information, brainstorming ideas, clustering, freewriting)
  • develop a thesis statement
  • provide multiple paragraphs of support
  • provide organizational plans (e.g., outlines)
  • draft an essay
  • self-check, proofread, and edit an essay draft
  • revise essay elements based on feedback
  1. Develop unified multi-paragraph academic essay content that exhibits logical organization and grammatically correct sentences in rhetorical modes appropriate to varied themes. To demonstrate competence, students will be able to:
  • write an introductory paragraph with engaging elements and a thesis statement
  • write multiple relevant supporting paragraphs
  • employ appropriate transitions expressions
  • use varied sentence structures including simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
  • demonstrate command of advanced vocabulary and expression
  • write a concluding paragraph that brings closure and relates to the thesis
  • proofread and edit written work attending to vocabulary, grammar, mechanics, clarity, and coherence
  1. Employ a variety of writing styles including effective use of exposition and narration/description as appropriate to an assignment.
  2. Perform and/or integrate within an essay other academic writing tasks that may include:
  • summarizing and synthesizing
  • appropriately citing sources for paraphrased/reported or quoted support elements
  • providing background information from reference materials
  • using apposition elements to explain the nature of source authority and demonstrate source credibility for readers
  • writing journal entries
  • writing reflection papers
  • writing reaction papers, including analysis and interpretation
  • responding to essay test prompts
  • continue to develop personal “voice” as an academic writer
  • differentiate use of another’s expressions as a second language model vs. plagiarism
  • use writer support materials such as dictionaries and software programs

Date of Last Review:1/19/12