EL515: Academic Reading II (4 units, 0 credits)

Ethel Azariah, Adjunct Instructor in ESL
Spring 2005 Pasadena

DESCRIPTION:

This course is offered for students who need more practice with the language skills worked on in EL510. It is designed to combine the content of a specified Individualized Distance Learning (IDL) course with a presentation of skills and strategies necessary for developing competency in academic research. Reading skills (reading strategies along with reading for comprehension) are emphasized, while focusing on the content of the IDL course.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Gain new reading strategies
• Improve reading speed
• Improve reading comprehension
• Understand how to read for research

COURSE FORMAT: Class time will be spent building reading, comprehension and research skills through a variety of individual and group activities.

REQUIRED READING:

Students will read books that are assigned in the lDL course, which will vary from term to term.

RECOMMENDED READING: None.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Students will do a variety of reading activities with the purpose of developing particular reading skills including: skimming and scanning, extracting information, reading for comprehension, and drawing inferences. Students in EL515 need to demonstrate a deeper level of mastery of English language skills using different IDL assignments from those they used in EL510.

PREREQUISITES: EL510. Students must be concurrently registered in a specified IDL course.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets partial requirements to advance from the ESL Program.

FINAL EXAM: ESL Exit Exam.

Last Date Edited: December 14, 2004