GENG 1093 - Academic English I

3 Credit Hours

Introduction to sentence structure and grammaticality as is appropriate to academic writing. Development of reading comprehension as a concomitant skill to academic writing. Review of the Parts of Speech and the interrelation of these parts, for the construction of syntactically sound clauses. Review of the Verb System (tense, aspect, voice, and mood). Introduction to fragments, comma splices, run-on sentences, faulty parallels, and other forms of malformed clauses. Introduction to proper use of punctuation. Analysis and understanding of frequent error domains such as: subject-verb agreement, use of articles and demonstratives, adjectival and adverbial usage, pronominal usage, pronoun-antecedent agreement, and reference. Students must earn a grade of “C-” or better in order to receive credit in this course.

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