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NEN10801 English Reading
Th 6:25-8:20, Rm R0402
Texts
Selected handouts available on Tronclass.
Personal choice of extensive reading.
Class Objectives,
The purpose of this class is to help students become comfortable reading intensively and extensively in English without relying on translation. Students should be able to read in English as a primary means to gain knowledge as well as for personal pleasure. Students should become comfortable expressing personal ideas about how they read and the things they read orally and in writing.
- Improve fluency in reading (read rapidly with few pauses with improving comprehension)
- Increase skills for reading (understand purposes for reading and use appropriate strategies in particular reading situations).
GOAL: To improve the speed, facility, and depth of your English reading in preparation for the academic reading you will do as an English major.
To meet this goal you must spend considerable time reading in English, essays, short stories, and novels.
- learn a variety of effective reading strategies.
- learn about reading with a purpose – using different ways for different types of reading
- develop the habit of asking and answer questions while reading.
- improve your English vocabulary.
- interact with the language and ideas from the readings through discussion and writing.
- write creatively on topics related to the readings and your life.
The Practice and Feature of Class
- Structure. The class is organized according to reading skills. Each week, you will read articles and short stories in English while focusing on particular reading skills and strategies.
- Group discussion. You will spend time discussing ideas about reading and ideas from your reading in small groups and with the whole class.
- Extensive Reading and Reading Journal. Outside of class, you will find your own English books to read. You will keep track of your reading in your reading journal.
- Reading Responses. You will write four short papers responding articles you have read.
- Quizzes. Each class will begin with a short quiz related to the reading for that day.
- Exams. Midterm and final exams will cover the articles we have read in class, your own extensive reading, and reading skills and strategies.
Grading
- 20% Participation (class involvement and reading journal)
- 20% Papers (4 short papers)
- 10% Quizzes (Weekly. The lowest quiz score will be deleted)
- 20% Midterm
- 30% Final exam