EL510: Academic Reading (4 units, 0 credits)

Ethel Azariah, Adjunct Instructor in ESL
Winter 2004 Pasadena

DESCRIPTION:

This 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:

• 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.

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.

Th.M. Students: Will be required, in addition, to demonstrate strong thinking skills by analyzing authors' argumentation and development of topics.

CO-REQUISITES:

Students must be concurrently registered in a specified IDL course.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:

Meets partial requirements to advance from the ESL Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: ESL Exit Exam.

Th.M. students will be held to a higher standard than other students.

Last Date Edited: September 24, 2003