ENGL 086/087 Academic Advanced ESL Reading, Writing, and Grammar Combined

ENGL-086/087 Combined is a fully integrated approach to teaching reading, composition, and grammar. Emphasis is placed on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, critical analysis, reading rate, and the composition of clear, organized, grammatically correct assignments. By responding to information and concepts from a diversity of assigned materials, students will develop a global awareness.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Appropriate score on English placement test or successful completion of ENGL 083 and/or ENGL 084

Corequisite

FYEX 100

Hours Weekly

8 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate literal and inferential comprehension of assigned readings both orally and in writing.
   a. Identify the topic and main idea of a reading passage.
   b. List details used to support the main idea and draw logical conclusions.
   c. Summarize and outline assigned readings.
   d. Apply inferencing skills to identify unstated meanings, implications and tone.
   e. Attain 70% or higher comprehension while increasing reading rate by 80 words per minute.
   
2. Demonstrate comprehension of an expanded college-level vocabulary.
   a. Define an unknown word or idiom using the context.
   b. Identify prefixes, roots and suffixes and their meanings.
   c. Identify word forms and recognize collocations.
   d. Use an assigned set of vocabulary words appropriately in practice exercises and student-generated
   sentences.
   
3. Read an assigned fiction or non-fiction book and use critical thinking skills to analyze and respond to
   related topics.
4. Compose individual oral and written responses to varied reading selections, several of which contain
   global themes.
   
5. Participate in class discussion of assigned readings.

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate literal and inferential comprehension of assigned readings both orally and in writing.
   a. Identify the topic and main idea of a reading passage.
   b. List details used to support the main idea and draw logical conclusions.
   c. Summarize and outline assigned readings.
   d. Apply inferencing skills to identify unstated meanings, implications and tone.
   e. Attain 70% or higher comprehension while increasing reading rate by 80 words per minute.
   
2. Demonstrate comprehension of an expanded college-level vocabulary.
   a. Define an unknown word or idiom using the context.
   b. Identify prefixes, roots and suffixes and their meanings.
   c. Identify word forms and recognize collocations.
   d. Use an assigned set of vocabulary words appropriately in practice exercises and student-generated
   sentences.
   
3. Read an assigned fiction or non-fiction book and use critical thinking skills to analyze and respond to
   related topics.
4. Compose individual oral and written responses to varied reading selections, several of which contain
   global themes.
   
5. Participate in class discussion of assigned readings.