Course Syllabus

ESL 0251 Level 1 Writing

Course Description

This course focuses on the skills of writing in English at the elementary level. The objectives of this course are to help ESL students gain confidence and fluency in writing. Students participate in guided writing activities and creative writing projects.

Justification

The ESL Department at Snow College houses the intensive ESL program which is accredited through the American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP). The four-level program provides instruction for students at Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 (elementary through exiting levels). ESL 0251 is a core course for Level 1.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be familiar with the American English style of writing. Through journal writing and freewriting activities, they will practice creative and imaginative writing at the sentence level. They will gain a basic understanding of grammatical structures and rhetorical patterns in English.

Course Content

Through a series of writing tasks, students will learn to respond accurately to questions asked about charts, diagrams and reading passages. They will be introduced to the basics of English writing style, grammatical structures and rhetorical patterns. They will practice writing short answers to questions about reading passages that include cultural and political topics. By writing daily in a journal and writing short stories, students will improve their writing confidence and develop their writing fluency.