ESL 0300 - Basic Reading in English

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

English as a Second Language

Description:

Designed to give students the opportunity to develop reading skills in English. Students will study beginning vocabulary, as well as word attack, dictionary, and comprehension skills. Students will read academic and non-academic works and develop strategies for approaching different types of reading. Offered based on sufficient student need. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand authentic reading materials such as simple maps, textbook articles, and charts at the ACTFL level of Intermediate Low. 2. Understand correct word choice in a reading selection. 3. Identify main ideas and details and make inferences from reading. 4. Apply a variety of reading strategies such as pre-reading, skimming, scanning, and predicting. 5. Demonstrate comprehension of new vocabulary of more than 350 words. 6. Identify synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, compound words, basic prefixes and suffixes. Course fee required. Prerequisite: CaMLA-ELT Reading score 12-17, or ESL 0140 (Grade B or higher).

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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