This course is designed to allow learners to explore and study existing texts and the processes of constructing written communication in various academic contexts. Students will acquire special academic vocabulary. Learners will do planning, drafting and revising activities that lead to successful writing. To understand more closely the principles and practices of process oriented, reader based academic writing, students will read, analyze, discuss, and respond to articles written by their peers and by published writers in coursework, journals, textbooks, and other published print and electronic texts.