ESL 91 Academic Reading and Writing

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This course aims to prepare you for reading and writing in the American university system. In this class, you will read materials from the textbook as well as outside sources (newspaper articles, journal articles, book chapters, etc.), improve your reading rate, fluency, and comprehension, and develop good reading and note-taking strategies. You will also work on your writing skills that are useful in the academic context, including planning and organizing essays, researching, selecting, and integrating information from different sources, and using appropriate language.