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CollegeWriting 3 prepares high-intermediate students for academic
writing in U.S. colleges. After a review of the basic paragraph structure, the
book introduces the academic essay and teaches students to write
explaining essays on a variety of academic topics popular with ESL college
students. The students learn to explain what, wLty andhow as they follow a
three-step writing process: Gathering Information, Focusing and
Organizing, and Writing, Editing, and Revising. In Chapter 1, the students
learn and write paragraphs about advertising methods. In Chapter 2, the
students learn about web design as they evaluate commercial websites.
Chapter 3 focuses on therapeutic and/or surgical techniques related to
vision, hearing, and taste loss. Chapter 4 requires students to research
information, interview experts, and write about the effects of college stress
on first-year students. In Chapter 5, students learn about archeological and
anthropological mysteries as they review the writing process and strategies
they learned in the previous chapters. Throughout the book, grammar
points are integrated with the writing assignments instead of being taught
in isolation.
Chapter Organization
Chapter Objectives
Each chapter begins with a preview of the chapter goals. After
working on the chapter, the students can go back to the chapter goals and
check offthe skills they learned well and those they still need to practice.
Self-Evaluation and Peer Reviews
During the writing process, students are frequently asked to
evaluate their own and other students'writing. Peer review sheets are
included in the Appendix.
Readings
Most of the chapters contain excerpts from textbooks or websites
for introductory college courses. Key vocabulary words are defined for the
students, and end-of-reading exercises help the students "unpack" the texts
and select relevant information.
Student Models
Student writing samples are presented in each chapter' The samples
provide concrete models for the students as well as opportunities for
writing analysis and evaluation.