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What is English 108?
English 108 is the second-semester
First-Year Composition course for nonnative English speakers. Building on the work
done in English 107, English 108 provides you the opportunity to continue to
increase your awareness and understanding of American academic reading, writing, and
research strategies and conventions.
What are the goals of English 108?
Thus the following are the basic goals of English 108:
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learn how to write analysis essays in accordance with American academic conventions for
use in other university and professional work.
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learn to conduct research and integrate this research into your analysis essays in support
of subsequent research and integration needs.
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learn to read a variety of fictional and non-fictional texts in a critical and questioning
manner which will assist you in being able to understand future academic texts.
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What are the objectives of English 108?
The fulfillment of the above goals will be
achieved over the course of the semester as we work together to strengthen the
corresponding reading, writing, and thinking skills. Such skill work will help you
achieve the following English 108 objectives:
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develop organization, development, expression (including grammatical enrichment), and
grammatical skills needed to effectively write two different types of analysis essays -
the Analysis Essay and the Text in Context Essay.
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gain expertise in summarizing, paraphrasing, synthesizing, and integrating textual and
research information and the employment of such in analysis essay construction.
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generate an arguable, analysis-oriented thesis statement, construct an appropriate amount
and type of relevant supporting points/claims, provide concrete illustrations of each
point, and give detailed yet succinct explanations of how and why the illustrated point
supports the general thesis being argued.
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practice reading skills such as the following: pre-reading; prediction; comprehension;
main idea identification; rhetorical, organizational, and structural analysis; as well as
scanning and skimming skills helpful in understanding and effectively analyzing different
texts.
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utilize library and Internet information services in order to compile and communicate
research; create a schedule for your research essay; survey your topic; search for books,
journals, articles, periodicals; limit your topic; evaluate your sources; read and take
notes; write an outline; and cite and document all source material.
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employ cognitive skills such as focusing, information gathering, remembering, organizing,
analyzing, generating, integrating, and evaluating in working toward the development of
your academic reading and writing skills.
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