WR 1011 - Composition for Multilinguals

In this course, students whose native language differs from English will gain the opportunity to improve their critical thinking, reading, and writing proficiencies in a language supported classroom. Students will develop strategies for turning their experience, observations, and analyses into evidence suitable for academic writing. Over the course of the semester, students will build upon their critical thinking skills to learn the processes necessary for gathering and incorporating research material in their writing. With an emphasis on civics and the natural environment, students will learn how to evaluate, cite, and document primary and secondary research sources, as well as how to develop arguments and support them with sound evidence. The language supported classroom will offer opportunities for additional example analyses, lexical development, semantic awareness, and cultural aspects of academic written work. Corequisite: WR 1010 Credits: 2