Reading and Vocabulary I

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This course is designed for students who struggle to read in English, and are not yet confident in their ability to extract important information from a text. In this course we will focus on using contextual clues to create meaning from unfamiliar vocabulary and confusing semantic structures. Students will learn to extract main ideas, gain comfort with a variety of texts including fiction, non-fiction, academic textbooks, news articles, internet search results, etc.