This course is designed to develop and strengthen students' abilities to use the structures of English correctly and appropriately so that they are prepared to communicate ideas to a specific audience in an organized, fluent, accurate, precise, clear, and confident manner. While the course offers an understanding and appreciation for the English language as an instrument for educational, social, personal, and vocational growth, it also focuses on developing the necessary communication skills needed to enter the community, the workplace, and higher levels of education as an informed and engaged citizen, employee, and student.