76-100 is a reading and writing course for those students who are not native speakers of English. Students who have identified themselves as those who speak English as a second or third language rather than as their primary or home language are eligible to take this class. The course, designed as a prerequisite for 76-101, stresses reading in English for comprehension and application of key concepts for writing summaries and short position papers. Students will be introduced to readers' expectations for western rhetorical style at the sentence, paragraph, and whole text levels. Norms for academic English will be explicitly taught within the contexts of these assignments, as well as academic standards for citing sources. Students who take this course will qualify through a placement test that is administered through the university prior to the fall semester.