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OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGEGENERIC COURSE SYLLABUS

I. Course CoursePrefix No. Course Name Credit Lecture Lab

EGL 076 Academic Writing 3 3 1for the Non-Native Speaker III

II. Prerequisite:

College placement test or successful completion (grade of “P”) in EGL 075

III. Course (Catalog) Description:

High-intermediate academic grammar and composition course for the non-native speaker preparing to take courses for college credit. Introduces the student to intermediate and advanced sentence structures and a variety of short essay types. EGL 076 is a mandatory course.

IV. Learning Objectives :

At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

A. Write high intermediate ESL-level essays with appropriate development and structure, including effective topic sentences and thesis statements.

B. Write a high-intermediate ESL-level persuasive essay, problem-solution or cause/effect essay, response essay, and comparison essay.

C. Respond to in-class and at-home formal and informal (journal) writing prompts.

D. Demonstrate high-intermediate competency in grammatical structures of written English, including word order, simple, progressive, and perfect verb tenses, coordinate and subordinate conjunctions, gerunds and infinitives, and relative pronouns.

E. Improve essays through editing and proofreading.

V. Academic Integrity and Student Conduct:

Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity and follow Oakton’s Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:

cheating, plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation),

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falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth), helping others to cheat, unauthorized changes on official documents, pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you, making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and any other behavior that violates academic integrity.

There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton’s policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and, a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.

Please review the Code of Academic Conduct and the Code of Student Conduct, both located online at www.oakton.edu/studentlife/student-handbook.pdf.

VI. Outline of Topics :

A. The writing/drafting process, including pre-writing, drafting, editing, and proofreading

B. Essay structureC. Thesis statementsD. Topic sentencesE. Paragraph developmentF. Journal writing to discover ideasG. The comparison essayH. The problem/solution or cause/effect essayI. The persuasive essayJ. The response essayK. Verb form and use: simple, progressive, and perfect verb tensesL. Sentence sophistication and variety using coordinate and subordinate conjunctions

and relative pronounsM. Gerunds and infinitives

VII. Methods of Instruction:

A. Lectures and discussionB. Small group workC. Homework writing D. In-class writing E. Writing responses to short readingsF. Editing, revising, and proofreading exercisesG. In-class and online grammar practice

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VIII. Course Practices Required:

Course may be taught as a face-to-face or hybrid course.

A. 3 hour lecture: Lectures, discussion, small group work

B. 1 hour lab: Students will complete short writing assignments in the computer lab. Lab time may also be used for individualized grammar work using web sites.

IX. Instructional Materials:

Note: Current textbook information for each course and section is available on Oakton’s Schedule of Classes.

This list will be updated regularly.

Choose Focus on Grammar (complete or workbook + one writing text)Great Writing: Great Essays 4, Folse et.al. Cengage

Learning2014 978-1-285-19494-3

Longman Academic Writing Series 4 – Essays Pearson 5th edition 978-0-13-291569-4Writers at Work: The Essay, Zemach et.al. Cambridge 2008 978-0-5216-9302-8Focus on Grammar 4: An Integrated Skills Approach, Fuchs/Bonner

Pearson/Longman

20124th edition

With MP3 Audio:978-0-13-254649-2

Focus on Grammar 4 – Workbook , Fuchs/Bonner

Pearson 4th edition 978-0-13-216941-7

X. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:

Students who complete EGL 076 with an “A” average (90% or higher) for the semester’s work will receive a grade of “P” and a placement of EGL 101NN.

Students who complete EGL 076 with a “B” or “C” (70% - 89%) average for the semester’s work will receive a grade of “P” and a placement of EGL 090.

Students who complete EGL 076 with a “D” or “F” (below 70%) average for the semester’s work will receive a grade of “F.” Their placement will remain EGL 076.

The course average will be determined as follows:

Persuasive Essay 20%Problem-Solution or Cause/Effect Essay

15%

Comparison Essay 15%

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Response Essay 15%Journal and other informal writing (most in-class)

15%

Quizzes 15%Sentence-Level/Grammar Exercises 5%

XI. Other Course Information :

The Oakton Community College Catalog states: Oakton Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, or marital status in admission to and participation in its educational programs, College activities and services, or employment practices. The College does not tolerate sexual harassment or sexual assault by or of its students or employees.

In keeping with this policy of tolerance and non-discrimination, in this class all of us (myself included) should strive to: -listen and give careful consideration to all ideas expressed in class, especially those that are different from our own, without attacking or demeaning the people who hold those views, and-avoid using insulting terms or telling offensive jokes when talking to or about individuals or groups.

Attendance Policy: Attendance in the lecture and lab components of the course is required. It will be very difficult to pass this class if you miss class.

Late Assignments:

Extra Help: Free tutoring in writing and grammar is available in the Learning Center on each campus.

If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the Access and Disability Resource Center at the Des Plaines or Skokie campus. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program.

Oakton Community College is committed to maintaining a campus environment emphasizing the dignity and worth of all members of the community, and complies with all deferral and state Title IX requirements.

Resources and support for pregnancy-related and parenting accommodations; and victims of sexual misconduct can be found at www.oakton.edu/title9.

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Resources and support for LGBTQ+ students can be found at www.oakton.edu/lgbtq.

Effective beginning term: Spring 2016 Ending term:

Syllabus prepared by: Amy Blumenthal Date: June, 2015

Reviewed by Chair: Lynn Woodbury Date: June, 2015

Approval by Dean: Linda Korbel Date: June 2015

Generic syllabus format revised 09/16

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