Level III Advanced Intermediate Reading (ESOL 0350)

Instructor: Thomas Agnew

A continuation of ESOL 0346, this course is designed to further develop reading comprehension skills and expand vocabulary. This course provides practice in skills such as identifying main ideas and supporting details, determining the sequence of events, using context clues, and drawing conclusions.

ESOL 0350, Advanced Intermediate Reading, seeks to prepare students for college level academic or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives:

 

  • help students read more effectively in English by teaching them a variety of reading skills and strategies which may include  skimming, scanning summarizing, finding the main idea and supporting details,  discovering word meanings (general as well as specific vocabulary words) through context clues, and drawing conclusions;
  • introduce students to a vocabulary of approximately 1,500-2,000 words, and help students increase their vocabulary through knowledge and understanding of word forms, prefixes and suffixes, and synonyms and antonyms;
  • expose students to a variety of reading sources which may include graded readers, computer reading software, Internet sites aimed at general reading/vocabulary development, as well as extensive reading of authentic English text through periodicals and books;
  • help students improve their critical thinking skills by analyzing various facets of their readings including understanding the author's purpose and how the rhetorical styles are used in relation to this purpose.