EAP-0400 Intermediate Sentence Writing

Credits: 3
EAP-0400 is the second course in a five-course writing sequence of English for Academic Purposes. In this course, students continue to develop writing skills by focusing on verb forms and tense in sentence structures such as statements, negative statements, yes/no questions, and wh-word questions. Students produce original sentences with all common verb tenses in the present, past, and future, including gerunds and infinitives. As a part of the writing process, students edit sentences for errors in grammar and mechanics.

This course is intended for students who are non-native speakers of American English and who did not complete all four years of high school in the United States.

A grade of C or higher is required to successfully complete this course.

Prerequisite(s): Determined by placement methods OR EAP-0200 with a grade of C or higher

Corequisite(s): EAP-0500 recommended.

Formerly: ESL-0101. Students cannot receive credit for both ESL-0101 and EAP-0400.

Course Outcomes

Produce statements, negative statements, yes/no questions, and Wh-questions using the simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive forms in the past, present, and future.
Distinguish the basic forms and uses of the gerunds and infinitives.
Write multiple sentences using various verb forms and tenses as well as sentence type in response to a single prompt.
Edit various types of sentences which use a variety of verb forms and tenses for errors in grammar and mechanics.