This course is designed for international or ESL students to have a hands-on venue in their writing process in English:from critical reading and thinking, to picking up a topic, designing textual structures, searching supporting information untilon-site writing essays andresearch papers in MLA format, with a focus on culture or cultures.
The principle is "read actively, think critically, and write multimodally."


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Syllabus --> ENG 1F ------ Eng2F
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Tips for International Students










Every international student faces with the issue ofidentity from the first day in America, and from that very moment, he/she begins the critical thinking about "who am I?" Actually to draw a picture of oneself is not as easy as imagined.

It's even harder to write a visual-verbal text about your identi-kit, because you have to be capable of both graphic design and rhetorical expression. What's more important, you have to think deep into yourself, your people, your culture, and describe it creatively. Hands up? Not yet.





Then comes food. The most popular topic, and it seems easy enough to pick. It might be if it is the typical food of your culture, but what is original American food. Hamburger? Hot Dogs? Sandwich? Steak? iHop? Applebee's? Outbreak? Red Lobster? Haha, go to look for it, and you will be lost. Completely!





Gender? Men are from Mars, and women are from Venus? Is it afact commonly accepted by all genders.

Or education? Were we born differently, or were we educated differently? Education is to manufacture all the students into the same size, and fit them into the square of the society, or to encourage diversity and illuminate creativity?









We are multi-racial teen group. We never knew we were different when we were kids. The only thing we knew was we loved each other and we were good friends. When we grew up, the first thing we were told by the adults was we were different.

Why did we become different suddenly?

What are we different from each other?

They couldn't say. They left these questions to us to find out by ourselves.

Then we notice that we are really different.





Are we really different? At least love is same everywhere, regardless of color, race, class, social status, etc. Then what on earth is life? Can anyone tell me what is in front of me?