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| Help with the WPST |
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The Writing Proficiency Screening Test (WPST) is a thesis-driven expository essay that you can write from personal experience or from information from current events and General Education courses. You can prepare for writing this informative essay in several ways:
- Read and listen to different viewpoints on a variety of issues e.g. newsmagazines and programs.
- Take additional writing courses to review or acquire certain writing skills even if you do not need these courses for graduation. We offer a variety of composition courses on our campus. Check the Schedule of Classes for the courses currently offered.
- Explore written communication by reading extensively. In doing so, you will build your working vocabulary and gain a better overall understanding of written discourse.
- If you have taken the WPST and have not passed it, individual consultation and test review with the WPST Coordinator is available throughout the semester during her office hours (see test review by appointment information).
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| Test Review |
| During the test review, you and the coordinator will analyze your essay and discuss strategies to improve your writing skills. |
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| Test Review By Appointment |
| Please contact the WPST office in MSR 180 at 209-667-3069 to set up an appointment for a test review. |
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| WPST Workshop |
| The Writing Center, in cooperation with the WPST office and Student Support Services, is offering a series of WPST Preparation Workshops. For more information, go to www.csustan.edu/WPST/Workshop. Please visit the WPST office, MSR 180 to sign up for the workshop sessions. |
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| ENGLISH 3000 |
ENGL 3000 (3 units) is an Intermediate Composition Course.
This course is designed to help students further develop their abilities in addressing the complexity of a topic, developing an argument, organizing information, and controlling language. Prerequisite: Two unsuccessful attempts on the Writing Proficiency Screening Test (WPST). |
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Self-Tutorials at the Language Lab
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| The Language Lab, which is located on the first floor of the Library Building, L112 has software to help you develop your writing and editing skills. There is also software that focuses on vocabulary building and reading comprehension. |
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