Comp�Oral II builds on the English-language skills developed in Comp�Oral I. This two-part course focuses primarily on writing multi-paragraph essays and using spoken English for academic purposes, such as group discussions and delivering oral presentations. The course will continue to stress accuracy in speaking and writing and will emphasize skills and strategies to improve your ability to communicate in English. You will also learn how to analyze and strengthen your own and your classmates� written and spoken English. The general goal of the course is to increase your academic English language proficiency to the high�intermediate level in speaking and writing.

In Composition II, you will learn (1) to organize essays in a logical order (time order, spatial order, emphatic order) and with proper transitions; (2) to write a well-organized expository essay with varied use of analytical strategies, including enumeration, process analysis, cause-effect analysis, and comparison/contrast analysis; (3) to write a well-organized summary-response essay on a selected article (to summarize, paraphrase, and quote)

Wyrick, J. (2011). Steps to Writing Well. (11th ed.). Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.