ENGL 086 Academic Advanced Reading for ESL Students

Students will develop their reading comprehension and vocabulary building with an emphasis on academic preparation for college-level courses. Students will apply critical thinking skills and information literacy skills to analyze advanced-level readings. Reading is approached as an integrated part of an ESL student’s overall English language learning, not as an isolated skill.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

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

Corequisite

INFO 100

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly in class and lab

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate comprehension of assigned readings.
2. Demonstrate comprehension of college-level vocabulary.
3. Read a novel or memoir and use critical thinking skills to analyze and respond to related ideas.
4. Apply critical thinking skills and information literacy skills to analyze language and rhetorical choices.
5. Paraphrase and summarize assigned passages.

Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate comprehension of assigned readings.
2. Demonstrate comprehension of college-level vocabulary.
3. Read a novel or memoir and use critical thinking skills to analyze and respond to related ideas.
4. Apply critical thinking skills and information literacy skills to analyze language and rhetorical choices.
5. Paraphrase and summarize assigned passages.