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Universidad del Turabo en Yabucoa
Course Guide
Deanship of General Studies – Department of LanguagesSemester
20!02 "T 22
Course Codi#cation$ English 153 Course Title$ Advanced
Communicative English
%eference$ 3877 Section$ 701Credits$ 3Da& '
(our$ Tuesday – Thurssday Class hours$ !:00 pm 7:!"
am
%oom$ 10"
"re)re*uirements+ Co)re*uirements and other re*uirements$ E#$
15!
"rofessor$ %ayd&e Cru' (ivera ,)mail
address$hcru'35)suagm*edu
Telephone - .Universit&/$ +787, !--!0-- Cellular
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."rofessor/$ +787, .333-10
1ce (our$ Tuesday .:30 pm.:5" pm
A. Course Description The purpose o/ this course is
to introduce students to the process o/ essayriting* tudents ill
learn to analy'e essays2 ho to organi'e ideas2 support athesis
statement2 use appropriate grammar2 and apply the cohesive elements
o/riting*
3 General b4ectives(ein/orce and epand the a4ility to read2 to
thin2 and to rite essayso46ectively*
C. Speci#c b4ectives y the end o/ the course2 students ill
4e a4le to:
1 denti/y the three parts o/ an introduction*! denti/y and rite
a thesis statement*3 9iscuss and apply the structure o/ an essay*.
ncorporate the dierent levels o/ outlining*5 ;rovide dierent
alternatives o/ concluding paragraphs*- ummari'e and
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#arrative Essays ♦ s /or narrativeessays2
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