ESLX 0734 - Reading and Vocabulary 4

4.5 Credits

In this course, students read a variety of texts to continue developing the foundational reading skills necessary for success at the college level. Students continue to develop paraphrasing and summarizing skills. Students also respond to class readings in short, opinion based essays. Additionally, students learn to distinguish features of different genres of texts and infer the meanings of words through context. Students expand their academic vocabulary through integrating relevant vocabulary into their own writing.

Prerequisites: ESLX 0733 or Assessment Testing

Recommended: ESLX 0724

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Identify author’s purpose, topic, main idea, and supporting details of authentic, level-appropriate texts.
Identify and distinguish features of common genres of level-appropriate texts.
Distinguish between fact and opinion in level-appropriate texts.
Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words through context.
Write accurate summaries of multi-paragraph texts without plagiarizing.
Write opinion-based responses to multi-paragraph texts.

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