Course Objectives This course will teach you the writing, reading, and summarizing skills that you will need to be successful in the advanced ESLA writing courses and in college. Writing Skills: This course will help you learn how to … • Write one-paragraph essays, 3-4 paragraph essays, and 5-paragraph essays; • Control your grammar in an essay; • Begin to write advanced-style sentences; • Add details to your essays to explain your ideas and make them more interesting; • Learn how to edit your own writing, make self-corrections, and edit your own essays. • Paraphrase and summarize text information with concise sentences that are clear Reading Skills: This course will help you learn how to … • Find important information in an academic text; • Ask clarification questions when you don't understand a passage; • Learn to summarize a reading passage and discuss the main points with others; • Develop critical thinking skills about your reading; • Learn about and discuss important world issues about sustainability, ecological impacts you may be creating in the world, human populations, natural resources, and how to create awareness around global issues.