Intended for English language learners (ELLs) who need additional instructional support in order to be successful in ENG-131. ENG-095E is a co-requisite of ENG-131E as part of the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) and provides writing, reading, and study skills instructional support of the ENG-131 curriculum. Course work will help ELL students develop as college writers and readers through discussion, workshops, homework, and reading and writing assignments that complement ENG-131 work.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
ENG-095E is explicitly designed as an accelerated learning class, pairing individualized ELL coursework with college-level coursework to help students develop their college level reading and writing skills.
- Locating and identifying topics, main ideas, supporting details and patterns of organization in authentic written and audio sources
- Reading comprehension strategies including connecting, questioning, predicting, paraphrasing and summarizing
- Vocabulary study
- Research
- Academic integrity
- Source credibility
- Writing Process
- Punctuation and mechanics
- Identify main idea and supporting details in college level essays and articles from outside sources
- Draw inferences from readings that lead to class discussion
- Demonstrate techniques for vocabulary acquisition and expansion
- Conduct research using HFC library databases
- Integrate information from outside sources into essays by correctly using in-text citations
- Evaluate the credibility of sources found on the internet
- Revise work after collaboration with other students and/or suggestions from the instructor
- Minimize errors in grammar and mechanics
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of ENG-095E is not contingent upon assessment in the co-requisite ENG-131 class. ENG-095E replaces the ENG-092 and ENG-082 ELL courses to accelerate enrollment into college level coursework. Students must earn a grade of S (Satisfactory) in ENG-095E before advancing to their next college level writing class. Students who do not pass ENG-095E must take ENG-092 and, if necessary, ENG-082. Students may not repeat ENG-095E.
Assessment of academic achievement will be identified and implemented by the class instructor. Methods will include, but not be limited to, assignments, essays, quizzes, tests, and a departmental exit essay.
While additional assignments are necessary and should be identified by individual instructors in their syllabi, the following are required in all sections of ENG-095E. All students must:
- Attend at least two individual conferences focusing on student reading and writing practices
- Brainstorm ideas for essay topics and essay development
- Rough draft workshop for ENG-131E essays
- Peer review rough drafts
- Group discuss reading assignments to evaluate comprehension
- Participate in grammar review and assessment (i.e. quizzes or short tests)
- Practice vocabulary enhancement strategies
- Demonstrate research and citation techniques (i.e. college databases, internet searches, in-text citation practice, Works Cited generators)