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CAC: A Task-based, Learner-Centered College English Curriculum 

This paper presents a description of the college English courses "Communication Across the Curriculum I and II" (or CAC I and II) which are presently being offered in the new core curriculum of the School of Arts and Sciences 
of the Ateneo de Manila University. The courses depart from the traditional English language courses at the Ateneo de Manila which focused more on developing proficiency in using rhetorical modes of writing. In contrast to these traditional courses, CAC I and II are task-based and learner-centered. The courses aim to provide reading and writing practice to freshman students so that they can better cope with the demands of other courses in the academic setting. The paper offers an example of a curriculum that was specifically designed to meet the language needs of a particular group of students.