ESOL Reading and Vocabulary

Catalog description

This course develops English reading proficiency and vocabulary for academic, career, or personal purposes in speakers of languages other than English and prepares them to function in a multicultural, multilingual society. Upon successful completion of this course, students will: comprehend and summarize texts, including the identification main idea, supporting details, audience, and purpose of text; interpret and critically analyze author's bias, purpose, and perspective in academic materials; make inferences and draw conclusions from a variety of college level texts; respond critically, orally and in writing, to various kinds of college level texts; understand and use academic vocabulary and linguistically complex structures across a variety of disciplines and genres; and demonstrate knowledge of cultural and historical references to American society in written materials.