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RWS 281 - Academic Reading and Writing for Second Language Learners and International Students

Units: 3

Same As: LING 281 
Prerequisite(s): Open only to students who qualify for RWS 280  and whose first language is not English.

Academic prose, emphasizing purposes, structures, and styles of academic English writing. Designed to improve students’ ability to plan, draft, revise, and edit essays, as well as to read and analyze complex academic texts. Additional emphasis on grammatical features of English relevant to the second language population.