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Central
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College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST)
CLAST Review Courses
The following courses are designed to reinforce the skills needed to pass the CLAST.
English Language Skills Review (ENC0991)
Credit Hours: 0
Catalogue Course Description:
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
An English review course to assist students in preparation for the CLAST English Language Skills subtest. Special fee charged. See student fees.
The following English language skills are reviewed in ENC0991
Word Choice skills
• Use words which convey the meaning required by context.
• Avoid wordiness.
Sentence Structure Skills
• Place modifiers correctly
• Coordinate and subordinate sentence elements.
• Use parallel expressions for parallel ideas.
• Avoid fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences.
Grammar, Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation Skills
• Use standard verb forms.
• Maintain agreement between subject and verb, pronoun and antecedent.
• Use proper case forms.
• Use adjectives and adverbs correctly.
• Use standard spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
English Essay Review (ENC0992)
Credit Hours: 0
Catalogue Course Description:
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
An English review course to assist students in preparation for the CLAST Essay subtest. Special fee charged. See student fees.
The following English essay skills are reviewed in ENC0992
• Select a subject which lends itself to development.
• Determine the purpose and audience for writing.
• Limit a subject to requirements of time, purpose, and audience.
• Formulate a thesis or main idea statement.
• Provide adequate supporting details.
• Arrange ideas and details in an organizational pattern appropriate to the purpose and focus affecting their meaning.
• Provide relevant supporting material.
• Write coherent prose with effective transitions between parts.
• Avoid slang, jargon, cliches, and pretentious expressions.
• Use a variety of sentence patterns.
• Avoid unnecessary use of passive construction.
• Maintain consistent point of view.
• Revise, edit, and proofread for clarity, consistency, and conformity.
These skills are reinforced in the course content of ENC1102 (Composition), ENC2210 (Professional and Technical Writing), and literature courses. ENC0010 (College Preparatory Writing Skills I) and ENC0021 (College Preparatory Writing Skills II) cover some of the CLAST skills.
English Language Skill Independent CLAST Retake Review (ENC0993)
Credit Hours: 0
Catalogue Course Description:
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
This course consists of an independent review of CLAST-related English language skills materials in the Campus Learning Laboratories. The number of lab hours required is 32. Special fee charged. See student fees.
Essay Independent CLAST Retake Review (ENC0994)
Credit Hours: 0
Catalogue Course Description:
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
This course consists of an independent review of CLAST-related English essay skills materials in the Campus Learning Laboratories. The number of lab hours required is 32. Special fee charged. See student fees.
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