ESLL 015 — Reading & Writing I
3 Lecture Hours, 3 Credits Prerequisites: Appropriate score on placement assessment This course provides instruction in basic academic reading and writing skills. Students practice identifying simple main ideas, classifying and organizing primary information, preparing short summaries, and using context clues to identify vocabulary meaning. Students will also practice writing simple topic sentences, placing written information in a logical order, using brainstorming and free-writing techniques to generate ideas, and creating short written outlines. (Students must possess a basic understanding of English to enter this course).