小説を読み、クラス内でのグループワーク・課題を通してwritingの基礎を学んでいく授業。授業中の態度、毎回の宿題課題、5回の作文、3回からのテストから評価される。 週2回の授業。火曜日・木曜日12:00~13:15 ENGL 099 is an introductory composition course designed to prepare students for the 1A, Written Communication course. Students will study grammar, standard English usage, and rhetorical techniques and strategies. This course emphasizes sentence structure, paragraph development, and organizing and developing the short essay. There is also a strong focus upon reading and analysis of expository essays and other short, mostly non-fiction, works. Students placed into ENGL 099 must attain a passing grade in the course before enrolling in the required 1A, Written Communication course. ENGL 099 carries only credit toward semester load.