EAP 097 - Bridge I: Composition

1. Write paraphrases and one-page summaries of academic texts.
2. Produce non-research-based but thesis-driven essays (maximum three pages) that include an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
3. Identify a variety of sentence types including simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
4. Demonstrate the ability to use transition words, phrases, and clauses for natural flow in writing.
5. Use simple, progressive, and perfect verb tenses to write about past, present, or future events.
6. Use level-appropriate academic vocabulary and third person voice in essays and summaries.
7. Compose electronic communication (emails, online discussions, chats, etc.) that use academically appropriate tone and content.
8. Demonstrate competency using subject verb agreement within written sentences and clauses.
9. Revise written drafts through peer revision, tutor appointments, or instructor feedback.
10. Use MLA (or APA) document formatting for all formal written assignments.
11. Read academic texts using appropriate reading strategies or Reading Apprenticeship Routines from Reading for Understanding by Schoenbach, Greenleaf, and Murphy (2012).
12. Communicate how power, privilege, equity, and empathy affect our daily lives by engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse texts and media.

1. Essay structure
2. Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
3. Simple, progressive, and perfect verb tenses
4. Level-appropriate academic vocabulary
5. Paraphrasing and summarizing
6. Revising
7. Academic reading