Official Course Outline

Date: 03/12/03

1. TITLE: READING 862: Reading for Non-Native Speakers II

Units: 3 units

Hours: Three class hours per week

Recommended: ESL background and completion of ESOL 810 or ESOL 811/812 or placement in ESOL 820 as indicated by ESL placement test and other measures as necessary.

2. COURSE CLASSIFICATION
Credit course NOT applicable for the Associate Degree

3. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Reading 862 is a basic level reading course designed for non-native speakers of English to improve English pronunciation, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Assignments are tailored to students' individual needs.

4. OVERALL AIMS:
This basic reading for non-native speakers course, the second in a sequence of three, is intended to supplement the instruction students are receiving in their ESOL courses.

5. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
1. Improve pronunciation of English

2. Strengthen oral reading

3. Broaden vocabulary

4. Increase recognition and use of English sentence structures and idioms

5. Increase comprehension

6. Learn strategies to increase retention

6. COURSE CONTENT:
1. Learn the rules of pronunciation including phonics, syllabication and stress

2. Apply and understand prefixes, roots, and suffixes

3. Distinguish between different parts of speech

4. Recognizing different grammatical structures for the purpose of understanding relationships between ideas

5. Expand vocabulary

6. Increase comprehension

7. Be exposed to American English idiom

8. Practice strategies to improve retention

7. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
Lecture, assigned readings and exercises, class participation, group work, and texts

8. SUGGESTED TEXT(S):
Low-intermediate to intermediate ESL texts:

Basic Reading Power, Mekulecky & Jeffries

For Your Information, Book 1, Blanchard & Root

Themes for Today by Smith & Mare

Insights for Today by Smith & Mare

Rethinking America, Book 1, by Sokolik

9. EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:
Letter grade or credit/no credit option. Students will be evaluated using multiple methods of measure such as quizzes, homework, and oral performance.