Revised Fall 2012
DAS177 Student Learning Outcomes
DAS177 Writing SLOs
Can use prewriting skills and organize ideas
Can use increasingly advanced sentence structures to add clarity to writing
Can show written coherence through organization, development, and word choice
Can evaluate and revise own writing for register, academic vocabulary, wordiness, word
forms, unity, organization, and coherence
Can edit own writing for mechanical and structural errors
Can use correct paragraph and essay form
Can express individual ideas in different modes of academic essays
Can perform independent searches to find reliable sources of research
Can recognize, identify, and use appropriate citation methods to eliminate plagiarism in
academic writing
Can write a research paper or proposal incorporating appropriate reliable sources
Can summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize a variety of articles and sources in written and
oral form
Can analyze orally and in writing advanced rhetorical structures and situations
Can respond to readings in written and oral form
Can demonstrate advanced critical thinking skills in writing
DAS177 Grammar SLOs
Review as needed based on instructor evaluation of students’ proficiency:
Can use advanced grammatical structures and patterns for ESL graduate writing
Can recognize and articulate orally and in writing structural phrases and clause patterns in
different forms of authentic texts
Can use parallel structure
Can identify and edit structural common errors including comma splices, run-ons, and
fragments
Can use clause connectors, transitions, and transitional phrases and sentences
Can use quoted and reported speech
Can use adjective and adverb clauses
How to Show Your Teacher You
Can Do These
Homework
Quizzes
Essays
In-Class Writing
Out-of-Class Assignments
How to Show Your Teacher You
Can Do These
Homework
Quizzes
Essays
In-Class Writing
Out-of-Class Assignments