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\r\n\r\nAcademic Reading and Writing is what you\u2019ll be expected to do throughout your college and professional careers. Courses at MCC like ENG 101 (College Composition), ENG 200 (Advanced Composition), REA 100 (Reading in the Disciplines), and REA 101 (Critical Reading) help students to build and develop essential reading and writing skills. All students are required to take English 101 or English 200; this is because the critical thinking and communication skills emphasized in these courses are the building blocks for success in all of your other courses. However, don\u2019t expect the only writing and reading you\u2019ll do to occur in one of the aforementioned courses. All<\/em> of your courses at MCC will depend on your effectiveness as a clear communicator and savvy reader.Academic writing and academic reading are interdependent. In order to communicate effectively in college and the workplace, you need to know how to write well. In order to write well, you need to know how to think critically. And, to know how to think critically about a given subject, you need to first read and consider what others have said about that subject. You\u2019ll spend a lot of time in college growing your ideas by reading, discussing, and analyzing multiple perspectives on a variety of subjects. This is true of any discipline, whether you\u2019re studying stem cell research in a biology course, acting theory in a drama course, or refrigeration in an HVAC course. You\u2019ll also learn how to write more effectively by considering how various authors employ a variety of rhetorical strategies within distinct contexts and for different audiences. When you read and analyze someone else\u2019s writing, you learn what works and what doesn\u2019t in terms of writing strategy; you can then return to your own writing with a more critical eye, thinking about which organizational, stylistic, or rhetorical models might benefit your purposes. Study after study shows that strong writers are always<\/em> strong readers.\r\n\r\nIn English 101, you\u2019ll gain foundational reading and writing skills. You\u2019ll learn how to summarize <\/strong>what others have said, and also how to analyze<\/strong> reasoning, evidence, and emotional appeals used by authors. You\u2019ll learn how to synthesize<\/strong> information from multiple texts and perspectives to arrive at and advance your own conclusions. You\u2019ll learn how to organize, develop, and defend an argument<\/strong>, how to establish your credibility<\/strong> as an arguer, and how to respond to opposing views<\/strong>. You\u2019ll learn how to apply<\/strong>research techniques<\/strong> to locate and evaluate authoritative source material, and how to use a standard citation style<\/strong> to credit your sources. You\u2019ll also learn how to revise <\/strong>your content and style through draft work and based on feedback you receive from peers, professors, and tutors. You\u2019ll discover that writing is a process that requires time, personal investment, and self-reflection.\r\n\r\nAt MCC, we believe that writing and reading are essential to our identities as college students, professionals, and citizens. All courses at MCC, regardless of discipline, will ask you to constantly develop and nurture these necessary skills. You will take these skills with you when you graduate and move on to your chosen career or transfer college; you will continue to rely on and hone these skills throughout your entire life. We are glad you are starting that journey here.\r\n\r\nElizabeth Johnston\r\n\r\nEnglish Faculty and Composition Co-Coordinator<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\u201cAbout five or six weeks into the semester of my upper-level psychology classes, some of my students are inevitably overcome by confusion and ask if I\u2019m an English teacher. My ability to intelligently discuss psychology and answer their various questions about the topic doesn\u2019t impress them half as much as a couple of comments on a homework essay that say \u2018fragment,\u2019 or \u2018comma-splice,\u2019 or the commanding \u2018stop using semicolons.\u2019 They probably thought we had a deal: I\u2019d ask them to read the literature of psychology, which\u2014curiously\u2014is made up of words and sentences and paragraphs in papers and books, carefully written to avoid misinterpretation, and in return, to show they\u2019ve become educated in this endeavor, they\u2019d fill in bubbles on a scantron. Funny how college works sometimes.\u201d\u2014<\/em> Mike Ofsowitz, Psychology Faculty<\/em><\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n
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Academic Reading and Writing is what you\u2019ll be expected to do throughout your college and professional careers. Courses at MCC like ENG 101 (College Composition), ENG 200 (Advanced Composition), REA 100 (Reading in the Disciplines), and REA 101 (Critical Reading) help students to build and develop essential reading and writing skills. All students are required to take English 101 or English 200; this is because the critical thinking and communication skills emphasized in these courses are the building blocks for success in all of your other courses. However, don\u2019t expect the only writing and reading you\u2019ll do to occur in one of the aforementioned courses. All<\/em> of your courses at MCC will depend on your effectiveness as a clear communicator and savvy reader.Academic writing and academic reading are interdependent. In order to communicate effectively in college and the workplace, you need to know how to write well. In order to write well, you need to know how to think critically. And, to know how to think critically about a given subject, you need to first read and consider what others have said about that subject. You\u2019ll spend a lot of time in college growing your ideas by reading, discussing, and analyzing multiple perspectives on a variety of subjects. This is true of any discipline, whether you\u2019re studying stem cell research in a biology course, acting theory in a drama course, or refrigeration in an HVAC course. You\u2019ll also learn how to write more effectively by considering how various authors employ a variety of rhetorical strategies within distinct contexts and for different audiences. When you read and analyze someone else\u2019s writing, you learn what works and what doesn\u2019t in terms of writing strategy; you can then return to your own writing with a more critical eye, thinking about which organizational, stylistic, or rhetorical models might benefit your purposes. Study after study shows that strong writers are always<\/em> strong readers.<\/p>\n

In English 101, you\u2019ll gain foundational reading and writing skills. You\u2019ll learn how to summarize <\/strong>what others have said, and also how to analyze<\/strong> reasoning, evidence, and emotional appeals used by authors. You\u2019ll learn how to synthesize<\/strong> information from multiple texts and perspectives to arrive at and advance your own conclusions. You\u2019ll learn how to organize, develop, and defend an argument<\/strong>, how to establish your credibility<\/strong> as an arguer, and how to respond to opposing views<\/strong>. You\u2019ll learn how to apply<\/strong>research techniques<\/strong> to locate and evaluate authoritative source material, and how to use a standard citation style<\/strong> to credit your sources. You\u2019ll also learn how to revise <\/strong>your content and style through draft work and based on feedback you receive from peers, professors, and tutors. You\u2019ll discover that writing is a process that requires time, personal investment, and self-reflection.<\/p>\n

At MCC, we believe that writing and reading are essential to our identities as college students, professionals, and citizens. All courses at MCC, regardless of discipline, will ask you to constantly develop and nurture these necessary skills. You will take these skills with you when you graduate and move on to your chosen career or transfer college; you will continue to rely on and hone these skills throughout your entire life. We are glad you are starting that journey here.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Johnston<\/p>\n

English Faculty and Composition Co-Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAbout five or six weeks into the semester of my upper-level psychology classes, some of my students are inevitably overcome by confusion and ask if I\u2019m an English teacher. My ability to intelligently discuss psychology and answer their various questions about the topic doesn\u2019t impress them half as much as a couple of comments on a homework essay that say \u2018fragment,\u2019 or \u2018comma-splice,\u2019 or the commanding \u2018stop using semicolons.\u2019 They probably thought we had a deal: I\u2019d ask them to read the literature of psychology, which\u2014curiously\u2014is made up of words and sentences and paragraphs in papers and books, carefully written to avoid misinterpretation, and in return, to show they\u2019ve become educated in this endeavor, they\u2019d fill in bubbles on a scantron. Funny how college works sometimes.\u201d\u2014<\/em> Mike Ofsowitz, Psychology Faculty<\/em><\/div>\n

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