Course Offerings

Many ESL learners have excellent educations, training, and skills in their native countries. However, their dreams of success elude them in English-speaking countries because they cannot write effectively in their new language. This course will show you what English readers expect and how your writing can achieve your goals. You will learn about the entire writing process and its five stages: prewriting, outlining, writing, revising, and editing. You will learn to generate and focus your ideas. You will discover how to write clearly focused topic sentences and thesis statements, which will guide you in writing logical, unified paragraphs and essays. You will also learn to refine and perfect your work, making it free of grammatical and punctuation errors. You will gain important critical thinking skills and learn some techniques for writing concisely. When you finish this course, you will be able to write clearly, logically, and cohesively, and you will be able to apply what you have learned in any academic or work setting.

Course Objectives

Learn about the entire writing process and its five stages: prewriting, outlining, writing, revising, and editing.

Gain important critical thinking skills and learn some techniques for writing concisely-something that is highly valued in English writing.

Understand how to generate and then focus your ideas.

Outline of Instruction

Lesson 1 - An Overview of Writing

Lesson 2 - The Creative Process

Lesson 3 - Effective Essays

Lesson 4 - Three Types of Essays

Lesson 5 - Compare and Contrast Essays

Lesson 6 - Cause and Effect Essays

Lesson 7 - Argumentation Essays

Lesson 8 - Correcting Your Wording

Lesson 9 - Take Care With Verbs

Lesson 10 - Other Parts of Speech

Lesson 11 - Common Writing Problems

Lesson 12 - Punctuation and Wrap-Up

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

No

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of English grammar.

Learning Supplies Needed

Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later.
Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

None

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance
• Students must successfully pass 10 quizzes with a minimum grade of 70% by the second quiz attempt.
• If all quizzes are not passed with 70 or better by the second attempt, the final exam score must be 70% or higher on the first attempt for successful completion.
• The Final Exam must be taken by the Wake Tech course end date

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

For ESL Learners and Online Learners interested in improving their writing skills.

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Non-Credit Online Learning http://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
[email protected]