Advanced Reading Improvement

Catalog description

Four lecture. A multi-pronged approach that includes mastery of college reading skills enhanced with supplemental reading, critical thinking, and reading fluency activities. Students will be able to: recognize variations in college textbook features to enhance learning; recognize the location and purposes of introductions to textbook chapters and sections; use headings and subheadings to understand the text; recognize the five essential types of sentences in textbook paragraphs; use organizational patterns to understand the connections among headings and among the five essential types of sentences; choose appropriate note-taking methods based on the structure of the material, class expectations, and personal learning styles; summarize important textbook points in margin notes, outlines, or other note-taking methods; recognize rhetorical techniques that can influence their opinions on issues; vary reading strategies for different purposes; choose appropriate critical thinking strategies for different types of tests and assignments; apply study skills strategies, including schemata (background knowledge), effortful and automatic memory encoding, levels of memory, and memory retrieval; practice reading fluency skills such as decoding, vocabulary development, visualizing, predicting, monitoring, and phrasing through 300-600 instructor-assigned pages of supplemental reading; and relate supplemental reading to various academic disciplines, their experiences, and local or world events. Prerequisite(s): ENG 095 or placement beyond prerequisite course. Grading Option: May be taken for S/U credit.