EAP 101: Reading/Writing I

Fall 2025

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide international students with substantial practice in academic English at an advanced level.  Students will enhance their academic reading skills by exploring a variety of texts on various subjects and will further develop academic writing skills by examining and evaluating several different types of essay structures.  Students will acquire paragraph-length discourse and demonstrate control over their language throughout the writing process.

Student learning outcomes:

By the end of the semester, students will be able to:

A. utilize reading skills in complex authentic nonfiction texts with academic content. (Reading skills)

B. synthesize information from complex authentic nonfiction texts with academic content in order to pose questions and support arguments. (Critical thinking and citations)

C. employ a process approach to writing cohesive academic essays, if provided with a model, based on a variety of structures that clearly support opinions on familiar topics. (Writing structure and content)

D. apply a variety of complex sentence structures and cohesive devices with some advanced academic vocabulary. (Paragraph-length discourse)

E. demonstrate the ability to self-correct errors for accuracy in grammar and vocabulary with teacher feedback.

Course Policies:

· INTO EAP Program Attendance Policy: Students on EAP courses are allowed to miss up to 5 class sessions. Your attendance for all courses must be above 80%. Students who miss 6-7 classes will receive a deduction of a half letter grade on their overall course grade at semester’s end. Students who miss 8-9 class sessions will receive a deduction of a full letter grade on their overall course grade at semester’s end. Students who miss 10 or more class sessions without certified medical documentation will receive a non-passing mark (D or F) for the course and will have to repeat the course again in the following semester.

· Lateness: Lateness to class affects your progress, so it is extremely important that you arrive at each class on time. Students may arrive up to 5 minutes late for class without penalty. Upon the 6th minute, a student may be marked late. Two late arrivals are equivalent to 1 absence. Students who arrive more than 10 minutes late may be marked absent from class for that day’s class session. Students may still participate in that day’s learning, but credit for that day’s session may be unawarded.

· Absence: You should be aware of rights and responsibilities regarding absences for legitimate reasons, as described in the Responsibilities. Legitimate planned absences may include religious holidays, NCAA-sanctioned competitions, academic conferences, or some Drew-sanctioned events. You should inform. your instructor about planned absences by the second week of the semester.

· Preparation: Please come prepared to class with your homework done carefully and all of the required books and materials.

· Participation: Speak in English as much as you can. Do not be afraid of making mistakes.  In-class activities require participation and teamwork with other students. Please always be respectful and polite to your classmates. You will gain points for participating frequently and helping your classmates.

· Late Work & Missed Assignments

Assignments Expectations: You are expected to do homework assignments from a textbook, take quizzes, submit draft essay writing (two drafts on the same subject/topic) on the assigned dates. Students will be deducted 1 point for each day that a low stakes homework assignment is missing. After one week (7 days), a late homework assignment will not be accepted. Assignments with answers where one letter, one word, a phrase, or one sentence are required for answers may not be accepted late because the instructor may go over answers to such exercises and activities during or at the start of a class period. Submitting the answers of professors and peers and claiming them as your own is considered plagiarism and is not acceptable.

Late essays will be deducted one half letter grade for each class period that they are late. After two weeks (14 days) a late essay will not be accepted unless certified medical documentation is provided to both course instructor and the academic director or academic program manager.

Students should use Word Doc. for homework submissions. Any photos/ images are not acceptable for submissions. Format your essay using a standard font “Times New Roman”. The standard font size for academic writing is 12. Do not underline, bold, or italicize words in your essay. This is not appropriate for academic writing. Write the essay heading in the left corner, you type your full name. On the second line, type the course title. On the third line, type the due date of the assignment. On the fourth line, type a description of the assignment.

For Example:

James Gibs

EAP 101

September 10, 2025

1st draft, cause-effect essay

Type the title of your essay below your heading. After the heading, skip the line and enter the

title of your essay. Click on the centering icon to center the title. You must always double space your

essay writing. The following YouTube video shows you how to double-space:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7mH-mwh9D8.

· Use of electronic devices: During classes laptops/cell phones MUST be in your bag. You will be allowed to use them ONLY according to agreements to accomplish a task or an assignment in the classroom.

· Extra Help: We all learn at our own speed, and that is OK! However, please be proactive about your learning. Contact your instructor for help if you are having trouble.

· Exam Policy:

All exams must be taken on the day they are held / assigned. Missing an in-person exam may result in a grade reduction or a failing mark for the assessment. If a student is ill on the day of an exam, the student should email the professor prior to the examination period or before the exam is posted online to qualify to receive full credit for the assessment.

· Communication: Be polite and courteous.  Say “hello “when you come to the class. Speak when it is allowed to do.  You can leave the classroom only during a break unless you have an emergency. The syllabus, announcements, assignments, and useful website links will be posted on Moodle.  You must check your Moodle and Drew email regularly for updates. Write emails to a professor in appropriate tone and style. How to Email a Professor: Writing Tips and 4 Email Samples (sparkmailapp.com). Rude emails cannot be replied to.

Evaluation of Student Performance in an EAP Classroom:

● You will be given a letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F) based on a percentage of all work during the semester.

● You must earn at least 70% (C-) overall to progress to the next course.

In EAP 101, we will use the following grading scale: