Instructor: Rick Finnan
Class hours and locations: Monday 9:00 - 9:50 am Batchellor 150; 10:00 - 10:50 am Education 406
Wednesday and Friday 9:00 - 10:50 am Batchellor 150
Office: Snell Hall 318, phone 737-6979
Email: Rick.Finnan@orst.edu Website: http://osu.orst.edu/~finnanr/
Office hours: TBA
Required Text: Now and Then by Neil Reich (St. Martin's Press)
Recommended: An English/English dictionary (such as Oxford or Longman works designed for learners of English as an additonal language, or a dictionary designed for native English speakers)
Course Description: This is a 6 hour/week reading and writing course designed to help you improve reading and writing skills needed for university work. You will work on reading skills; vocabulary acquisition; paraphrasing and summarizing; and the organization, style and development of essays.
In order to pass this class, you must be able to:
almost always communicate ideas clearly on the sentence, paragraph and composition level in a final draft.
write the final draft of a composition equivalent to a 5.5 on the ELI scale
write a summary from a non-simplified article.
read and digest information from a non-simplified article of at least 5 pages.
read a non-technical text at a minimum of 140 wpm with at least 70% comprehension (with 200 wpm as a goal).
Grading: You will be graded from A-F. You must receive a C (75%) or above to pass the course. When grading, I will take into account:
10% Attendance 10% Midterm Exam
20% Homework 10% Final Exam
20% Essay # 1 10% In-class Essay
20% Essay # 2