| Through the course of your college career, you'll | | | | an author intends to convey without saying them |
| take a number of classes covering a variety of | | | | outright. |
| subjects. Some of these classes may prove to | | | | While developing reading comprehension skills, |
| be more challenging than others. No matter what | | | | students will be asked on multiple occasions to |
| program path you decide to follow, all college | | | | write their own compositions. Although it may |
| students eventually end up taking an English | | | | seem frustrating at first to have a paper |
| composition class. | | | | returned with corrections, students will |
| The threat of a looming English composition | | | | undoubtedly find their writing skills improve as the |
| course doesn't need to be thought of as a dark | | | | course continues. With practice, students will stop |
| cloud on the horizon of your scholastic future | | | | making the same grammar and writing mistakes |
| though. Many students psych themselves out | | | | in their compositions. This will only serve to help |
| about English. They worry they won't be good | | | | their future careers, scholastically and otherwise. |
| enough, that they aren't strong enough readers, | | | | In conjunction with carefully fine-tuned reading and |
| and that doing so much writing in one semester is | | | | writing abilities, students will find an English |
| just too hard. | | | | composition class helps teach them how to |
| In fact, contrary to what seems like popular | | | | express themselves. How many times have you |
| opinion, English composition classes aren't designed | | | | received an e-mail from a boss and been |
| to make you fail. These classes are required | | | | confused as to the idea he or she was trying to |
| because they foster a number of important skills | | | | convey? A composition class will help you avoid |
| students will find useful later on in college and later | | | | the pitfalls of becoming overly verbose or |
| on in life. English composition classes will teach you | | | | confusingly vague by helping you express yourself |
| so much more than just how to string together a | | | | clearly and concisely. Your future professors, as |
| few sentences, as long as you're willing to learn. | | | | well as your future employers, will appreciate this |
| The number one skill many students derive from | | | | ability. |
| their English comp classes is an ability to read. Not | | | | For the student who may feel adequately |
| in the sense of reading like they teach in | | | | prepared without an English composition course, |
| elementary school. The students in these classes | | | | there is always the option to CLEP the course. |
| read selected literature and excerpts with specific | | | | CLEP - College Level Education program - costs |
| goals in mind. You will learn how to extract | | | | less than $100 and allows you to earn college |
| complex ideas, make correlations, and understand | | | | credit for a course as long as you pass with an |
| symbolic meaning within a piece of writing. You will | | | | adequate score. Most of the exams are |
| also learn to understand the underlying concepts | | | | multiple-choice, but also include mandatory essays. |