Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: CMPS-0028 Organization's ID: GAC008 Organization: ACT Education Solutions, Limited Location: Classroom-based Length: Self-paced, 12 weeks (60 hours) Dates Offered: 8/1/2022 - 7/31/2025 3/1/2019 - 7/31/2022 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2018 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 English Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to use reading and writing skills with increasing accuracy, fluency and confidence for academic purposes in preparation for higher education Learning Outcomes: identify and analyze the features of general and academic text types and apply this knowledge to create written texts demonstrate key reading skills decode unknown vocabulary and idiom write complex sentences which link ideas in a variety of ways write well-constructed paragraphs containing topic sentences with supporting statements, and a range of cohesive devices demonstrate writing skills which assist students to avoid plagiarism use acquired knowledge and skills to research and create academic texts demonstrating synthesis of ideas demonstrate information literacy through selecting appropriate research materials and using accurate referencing and citation conventions General Topics: Predicting content and identifying text types, audience, purpose and style Writing simple and complex sentences Review of academic essay writing skills Developing an appropriate style Review of the research process Skimming, scanning, inferring Improving paragraph writing Choosing books for research Choosing web pages for research Writing summaries Writing description of a process In-text referencing and writing a reference list Writing description of a graph or table Writing description of a process or procedure Note-making using abbreviations and symbols Practice in paraphrasing Developing notes into a summary Editing, proofing and producing a final version of the academic research essay Word attack strategies for reading: contextual clues Word attack strategies for reading: word parts Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Classroom Exercise Computer Based Training Discussion Learner Presentations Lectures Practical Exercises Methods of Assessment: Examinations Performance Rubrics (Checklists) Presentations Quizzes Written Papers Minimum Passing Score: 70% Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from ACT Education Solutions, Limited Academic English II: Listening and Speaking (CMPS-0029) Academic English III: Listening and Speaking Skills (CMPS-0020) Academic English III: Reading and Writing Skills (CMPS-0019) Business II: Business Studies (CMPS-0022) Business III: International Business Studies (CMPS-0016) Business, Science and Social Science I: Communication Skills (CMPS-0025) Computing I: Introduction to Computing for Academic Study (CMPS-0026) Computing I: Introduction to Computing for Academic Study (CMPS-0032) Computing II: Web Development (CMPS-0033) View All Courses Page Content