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    COURSE INTRODUCTION
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    How Good Is Your English?
    Grammar Check
    Vocabulary Check
    ESL004 Discussion: Would you rather?
    Unit 1 Punctuation
    Unit 1 Learning Objectives
    Punctuation Makes Things Clear
    Ending a Sentence: Periods, Exclamation Marks, and Question Marks
    Commas
    Punctuation Practice
    Unit 1 Assessment
    Unit 2 Reading to Analyze
    Unit 2 Learning Objectives
    Critical Reading
    Preview and Annotate a Text
    Synthesizing, Outlining, and Summarizing a Text
    Critical Reading Practice
    Critical Reading Skills: Let's Apply
    Unit 2 Review
    Unit 3 Reading to Improve
    General vs. Academic Vocabulary
    Jargon: Specialized Academic Vocabulary
    Academic and Specialized Vocabulary: Let’s Practice
    Academic and Specialized Vocabulary: Let's Apply
    Unit 3 Review
    Unit 4: Reading to Write
    Unit 4 Learning Objectives
    Synthesis
    Handout: Synthesizing What You Read
    Writing About My Synthesis
    Handout: Blank Synthesis Matrix
    Synthesis Essay Example and Rubric
    Create a Synthesis
    ESL004 Discussion: Synthesis Essay
    Unit 4 Assessment
    Course Feedback Survey
    Course Feedback Survey
    Certificate Final Exam
    ESL004: Certificate Final Exam
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Source: Excelsior Online Writing Lab, https://owl.excelsior.edu/orc/what-to-do-while-reading/vocabulary-strategies/specialized-terminology/specialized-terminology-activity/
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