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Topics include absolute value equations and inequalities, functions and their graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions.

Topics include absolute value equations and inequalities, functions and their graphs, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions.

In this class, by the end of the semester, students should acquire the following competencies: • Identify main ideas, points of view, and supporting details. • Distinguish various kinds of support for a thesis: facts, examples, explanation, illustration and anecdote. • Provide both written and oral responses to a variety of types of content questions. • Develop topic sentences. • Develop written summaries and paraphrases. • Distinguish stated information from implied information. • Distinguish valid inferences from invalid inferences. • You will learn many new vocabulary words. • Make use of textual aids such as paragraph headings and varying typefaces. • The students will have a library tour to get familiarized with finding study resources. • They will use Internet search engines to locate additional articles on textbook based themes and topics.

In this class, by the end of the semester, students should acquire the following competencies: • Identify main ideas, points of view, and supporting details. • Distinguish various kinds of support for a thesis: facts, examples, explanation, illustration and anecdote. • Provide both written and oral responses to a variety of types of content questions. • Develop topic sentences. • Develop written summaries and paraphrases. • Distinguish stated information from implied information. • Distinguish valid inferences from invalid inferences. • You will learn many new vocabulary words. • Make use of textual aids such as paragraph headings and varying typefaces. • The students will have a library tour to get familiarized with finding study resources. • They will use Internet search engines to locate additional articles on textbook based themes and topics.

In this course we will focus on the basic grammatical structures of English and composing skills necessary for effective written communication in an academic context using tasks of low-intermediate difficulty. We will also focus on grammatical mechanisms and lexical choices, basic rhetorical strategies, editing, and other writing conventions. It is important that students are able to clearly develop an idea using fairly simple sentences. Students will learn the fundamentals of crafting sentences, paragraphs, and simple texts.

In this course we will focus on the basic grammatical structures of English and composing skills necessary for effective written communication in an academic context using tasks of low-intermediate difficulty. We will also focus on grammatical mechanisms and lexical choices, basic rhetorical strategies, editing, and other writing conventions. It is important that students are able to clearly develop an idea using fairly simple sentences. Students will learn the fundamentals of crafting sentences, paragraphs, and simple texts.