ESL 88 - Reading II

Credits: 3

Description
The goal of this course is for students to develop intermediate–mid level reading skills through analysis of assigned texts.

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify reading strategies (i.e. skimming, scanning, finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, paraphrasing, summarizing and using context clues) and apply them at an intermediate – mid level.
Identify the setting, main ideas, details, themes, and facts and opinions from stories in intermediate – mid level ESL textbooks and discuss the relationships between the text and real-life personal experiences.
Define lexical items in context and construct sentences and questions using the vocabulary words in a personal context.
Compose short summaries of intermediate – mid level ESL texts with accurately paraphrased main ideas and major details and without plagiarizing.

Prerequisite: ESL Placement Test or ESL 82 with a grade of “C-” or higher, or Instructor approval