Bas Rdg & Vocab

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This course is designed specifically for ESOL students for the purpose of improving reading comprehension and vocabulary as preparation for college-level reading. The reading component will focus on improving comprehension at literal, inferential, and evaluative levels, using a variety of literary genres and non-fiction texts. The vocabulary component will focus on efficient methods of deriving meaning from context, Latin and Greek roots and affixes, and the dictionary. Prerequisite: Speaking Interview; co-requisite: ESL 098.