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Dec 11, 2024
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OPIE D706 - Beefing Up Your Academic Vocabulary
This course is designed to engage students in improving their vocabulary and using it accurately and fluently for academic purposes, i.e. understanding lectures, comprehending assigned readings, participating in class discussions, and writing academic papers. The course focuses on expanding the learner’s core knowledge of vocabulary from the general service and academic word lists as well as strengthening the student’s ability to effectively ascertain meaning by employing a variety of vocabulary skills, e.g. determining meaning from context, analysis of word parts and word forms, developing facility in effectively using a thesaurus and collegiate English-English dictionaries.
Requisites: Course is developmental
PERMISSION REQUIRED
Paper TOEFL: 451 minimum
IBT: 46 minimum
Composition: 36 minimum
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 24.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Eligible grades: F,CR,NC,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
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