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=Welcome to the Advanced Writing Seminar=

Professor Ruth Benander  Phone: 745-5778 E-mail: ruth.benander@uc.edu

6:30-9:00 Scarlet Oaks Campus Room 734 Door number 1 is on a timer and will be open from 6:00pm to 6:45pm.

Required Materials: A computer with a word-processor and a printer. Email Access to the course website: http://writingforcollege.wikispaces.com

**Course Description ** This course introduces advanced students of English as a second language to university level reading and writing. We will read texts and analyze them in ways that will lead into discussion about how to write essays that develop the ideas of the authors of the texts. The process approach used in the class introduces you to the writing process used throughout English departments at many universities.

** Course Goals: ** Upon completion of this course you will be able to do the following in your reading:
 * Explain stated or implied ideas in a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Define the meaning of new words from their context in a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify transitions and the way ideas are linked in a text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identify supporting details in a given text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Explain inferences about the content of the text

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: justify;">Upon completion of this course, you be able to do the following in your writing:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Develop ideas from the texts in your informal writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Use these ideas as topics for your essays
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Write a multi-paragraph essay using class discussion and the revision process
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Apply revision strategies to improve from one draft to the next
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Proofread and edit your writing for increased accuracy