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Dec 04, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ESL 080RV - Reading & Vocabulary for Non-Native Speakers of English III 4 Credits, 4 Contact Hours 4 lecture periods 0 lab periods
High intermediate-level reading and vocabulary skills for non-native speakers of English. Includes comprehension of narrative and informational texts, vocabulary, written tasks, information literacy, study strategies, college resources, and a community of readers.
Prerequisite(s): Placement into ESL 080RV; or completion of ESL 070RV and ESL 060CM and ESL 060WG ; or placement into ESL 70 level and completion of ESL 070RV . Recommendation: Concurrent enrollment in an ESL Oral Communication course (CM) and an ESL Writing and Grammar course (WG) according to previous course completion or ESL assessment test score. Information: Prerequisites may be waived with consent of instructor. See an ESL instructor for details.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate literal comprehension of high-intermediate written material.
- Demonstrate interpretive comprehension of high-intermediate written material.
Performance Objectives:
- Use high intermediate level reading strategies and critical thinking skills to demonstrate comprehension of high intermediate-level academic texts.
- Develop high-intermediate-level strategic approaches for the comprehension of academic vocabulary.
- Demonstrate development of literal and interpretive comprehension through written tasks.
- Apply basic information literacy skills.
- Develop and integrate a variety of study strategies into academic learning.
- Employ college resources.
- Participate in a community of readers.
Outline:
- Comprehension of High-Intermediate Narrative and Informational Texts
- Reading Strategies
- Use strategies before reading/studying
- Use strategies during reading/studying
- Use strategies after reading/studying
- Reading fluency
- Comprehension of text at different levels
- Comprehend at a literal level
- Identify main ideas
- Identify details
- Recognize the inter-relationship of words, phrases, and clauses
- Retelling
- Identify speakers and setting
- Identify time sequences with transition words
- Comprehend at an interpretive level
- Draw inferences and conclusions
- Differentiate between facts and opinions
- Use syntactic/context clues to interpret textual meanings
- Identify purpose and tone
- Interpret illustrations
- Comprehend at a critical level
- Explore diverse points of view and perspectives from different sources
- Express and support opinions based on readings
- Evaluate credibility of information sources
- Vocabulary at the High Intermediate Level
- Context, structural, and syntactic clues
- Prefixes, suffixes, roots
- Academic word list
- Synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
- Word families
- Collocations
- Vocabulary resources
- Printed and online
- Dictionaries
- Spelling rules
- Idiomatic expressions
- Written Tasks
- Journal
- Summary and Response
- Short Answer (30 or more words)
- Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Study Strategies
- Use of syllabus
- Organization of course materials
- Use of teacher feedback
- Use of various study techniques
- Test taking skills
- Location of structural features of textbooks
- College Resources
- Faculty office hours
- Learning/tutoring center
- Advising and counseling center
- Orientation to Library
- Community of Readers
- Reading as a catalyst for exchange of ideas
- Acknowledging diverse points of view
- Discuss diverse cultural values as they relate to readings
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