EL510/ 515: Academic Reading 3a/
b (4 units, 0 credits)
Michelle Morita
Cho, Adjunct Instructor in ESL
Fall 2007 Pasadena
DESCRIPTION:
This Advanced reading course 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:
1. Review and reinforce learning outcomes in Level
1a (Intermediate) and Level 2a (High-Intermediate).
2. Improve reading speed and
comprehension
3. Gain new reading strategies
Skimming
Scanning
Reading to Evaluate (fact from opinion, bias, inferences, purpose, tone,
figurative language, critical reading)
Active reading strategies and study skills
4. Understand how to read
for research
5. Synthesizing
information for writing assignments
COURSE FORMAT:
This
class meets twice weekly for two-hour sessions.
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 IDL course,
which will vary from term to term.
1. Clinton, J. Robert. Reading on the Run:
Continuum Reading Concepts. Barnabas Publishers, 1997.
2. Langan, John. Ten Steps to Advanced Reading. Townsend Press, 2003.
RECOMMENDED
READING:
1. Dodd, Debbie. Dictionary
of Theological Terms in Simplified English. Evangelism and Missions
Information Service (EMIS), 2003.
2. Pierson, Cheri. Dictionary of
Theological Terms in Simplified English: Student Workbook. Evangelism and
Missions Information Service (EMIS), 2003.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Students will do a minimum of 10 reading activities with the
purpose of developing particular reading skills including: skimming and
scanning, extracting information, reading for comprehension, and drawing
inferences in their IDL course.
PREREQUISITES:
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: 28 June 2007