EML 212 - Fundamentals Academic Writing

Credits: 2

This workshop based, 7-week, 2 credit EML course will explore academic research issues specific to English language learners (ELLs) and international students. This course focuses on the issues of US intellectual property and copyright law, and helps students to use style books and other resources to form proper citations and reference materials, and to find, read, and credit appropriate academic sources. The course also focuses on skill development necessary to academic writing such as summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting. Students will participate in large and small group discussions, maintain a journal, and write one essay. This course is encouraged for freshman and sophomore international students struggling with academic research and/or plagiarism issues.