Instructor: Dr. David Radavich Office: 3785 Coleman Hall Telephone: 581-6971 (Office) or 345-9280
(Home) E-mail address: daradavich@eiu.edu
Welcome to English 1001G, Composition and Language. This course offers
an introduction to college-level writing, applicable for a broad range
of future academic courses and professional contexts. We will read
and discuss thematically related essays on historical and contemporary
issues, to which you will respond in writing. We will also deal with
writing strategies and problems, from audience awareness and grammar to
sentence-combining and documentation. Our goal will be to help you
express your views more clearly and forcefully to a targeted audience.
In rhetorical terms, the focus will be on persuasive writing and argumentation,
including an understanding of logic. You will write a series of papers
and have an opportunity to revise and polish your thinking and language,
with input from the instructor and other members of the class.
Short in-class responses to the reading will be required from time to time.
This is a class not only in writing but also in reading, thinking, discussing,
and responding through language.