Writing Course Outcomes
Below you can see the material that students need to accomplish to succeed in an ELI Writing Course. Please contact the ELI Director, Julie Mowrer , at jmowrer@hawaii.edu if you have questions.
Expected Student Learning Outcomes
Academic Writing, Advanced [ESL 084]
By the end of the course, at the advanced level, successful ESL 084 students will be able to:
- Compose essays using a process approach including:
- Compose essays using a process approach including:
- Generating ideas (e.g. mapping, brainstorming, outlining, etc.)
- Multiple drafts
- Incorporating peer and instructor feedback
- Rewriting
- Editing for complete sentences including capitalization and punctuation and for major errors of agreement, tense, word form, verb form and parallelism.
- Write a 600+ word argumentative essay which has:
- a clearly stated thesis statement in a well-developed introduction
- well-developed supporting paragraphs with topic sentences clearly related to the thesis
- sufficient generalizations within each paragraph supported by specific details
- transitions appropriate to the rhetorical style
- an effective conclusion
- appropriate capitalization and punctuation
- control of language, grammar and mechanics that allow for minimal errors.
Academic Writing, High-Intermediate [ESL 074]
By the end of the course, at the high-intermediate level, successful ESL 074 students will be able to:
- Identify and define the components of a complete paragraph and essay.
- Compose essays using a process approach including:
- Generating ideas (e.g. mapping, brainstorming, outlining, etc.)
- Multiple drafts
- Incorporating peer and instructor feedback throughout the writing process
- Rewriting
- Editing for complete sentences including capitalization and punctuation and for major errors of agreement and tense.
- Writing well-developed paragraphs of 10-15 sentences in the following organizational styles:
- expository
- narrative
- descriptive
- Write expository essays of 4-5 well-developed paragraphs that may include the following organizational styles:
- argumentation
- cause and effect
- comparison/contrast
- Write essays that have:
- a clearly stated thesis statement and a well-developed introduction
- sufficient generalizations supported by specific details
- transitions appropriate to the organizational style
- a concluding paragraph
- control of language, grammar and mechanics at the high-intermediate level.
Academic Writing, Intermediate [ESL 064]
By the end of the course, at the intermediate level, successful ESL 064 students will be able to:
- Identify and define the components of a complete sentence and paragraph.
- Compose paragraphs using a process approach including:
- Generating ideas (e.g. mapping, brainstorming, outlining, etc.)
- Multiple drafts
- Incorporating peer and instructor feedback throughout the writing process
- Rewriting
- Editing for complete sentences including capitalization and punctuation
- Write paragraphs of 10-15 sentences in the following organizational styles:
- expository
- narrative
- descriptive
- comparison/contrast
- Write paragraphs that have:
- simple and compound sentences
- a clearly stated topic and a focusing comment
- sufficient generalizations supported by specific details
- transitions appropriate to the organizational style
- a concluding sentence
- control of language, grammar, and mechanics at the intermediate level.