Official Course Outline

Date: 03/12/03

1. TITLE: READING 864: Reading for Non-Native Speakers IV

Units: 3.0 units

Hours: Three class hours per week

Recommended: ESL background and completion of READ 863 or ESOL 830 or ESOL 831/832 or placement in ESOL 840 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 864 is an advanced level reading course designed for non-native speakers of English to improve English pronunciation, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. Assignments are tailored to students' individual needs. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

4. OVERALL AIMS:
This advanced reading for non-native speakers course, the third 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. Develop American dictionary proficiency

4. Broaden vocabulary

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

6. Increase comprehension

7. Improve retention of reading content

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. Continued expansion of vocabulary and idioms

6. Comprehend increasingly complex texts

7. Interpret figurative language

8. Make inferences and draw conclusions from evidence

9. Learn strategies to improve retention

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

8. SUGGESTED TEXT(S):
Advanced ESL reading texts:

More Reading Power by Mekulecky & Jeffries

For Your Information, Books 3 & 4, Blanchard & Root

Concepts for Today by Smith & Mare

Topics for Today by Smith & Mare

Discovering Fiction: A Reader of American Short Stories, Level 2, by Kay & Gelshanan

Rethinking America, Book 3, by Sokolik

Exploring Themes

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.