This is a three-hour credit reading course which meets three hours a week for sixteen weeks. In this course you'll be exposed to different types of texts as to give you more a comprehensive picture of academic reading. You will be introduced to skills that go beyond basic reading comprehension to prepare you for your university education.
Topics covered will include:
- types of paragraph development (cause and effect, comparison and contrast, definition, classification, and time-order.
- inferring main ideas in paragraph.
- connotative language use
- bias
- author's purpose
- graphic materials-determining value of visual aids
- figurative language
Assessments:
Standardized quizzes (3) 30%
Reading Journal (4) 20%
Final Examination 50%
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