Course

Advanced Reading for Students of English as a Second Language (Combined Section)

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
English as a Second Language
Course code
EASL 0364
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15
Max class size
18
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course with its corequisite EASL 0374 is the third in a series of combined reading and writing courses for students who wish to upgrade their reading in order to continue their education or improve their employment opportunities and to meet day-to-day reading needs. EASL 0364 is an extensive reading course for the advanced student who needs guided practice in developing skills and behaviours appropriate for academic reading. This course emphasizes reading longer passages at a reasonable rate, and taking notes that would be useful for study purposes. There are extensive reading and library assignments which are used to generate ideas and support ideas in short essays written in the corequisite EASL 0374.
Course content

- book reports

- passages from college texts

- coverage of same events in different news sources

- notetaking and diagramming exercises

- pleasure reading brought in by the students themselves

- card catalogue

- periodical indexes

Learning activities

The instructor will facilitate, observe and evaluate students development of reading ability.  Whole and small group instruction will be combined with individual assistance and student-directed learning.  Students will receive assistance with reading difficulties that arise from lack of familiarity with the structure, lexicon and cultural content of the reading passages.

Means of assessment

This course is a college preparatory course and students will be marked on a MASTERY basis.  Mastery will be granted to students who achieve over 70% on a series of in-class and out-of-class assessments.

Learning outcomes

Within relevant educational, employment and social contexts, students who master this course will be able to:

1.             maintain/improve skills taught in EASL 0164/0264.

2.             read continuously, and readily understand the train of thought in longer articles

                and chapters.

3.             use in their notetaking the organizational patterns of reading materials.

4.             write effective summaries/book reports.

5.             indicate in notes and summaries the relationships of component ideas in the

                reading material - e.g. can recognize and record the role of an analogy; can

                recognize and express the value of an example

6.             paraphrase the original words from the reading material without distorting or

                obscuring the meaning.

7.             read in "chunks" and make a note on each "chunk" without looking back at the                

  1. integrate the content, either in summary or note-form, of two or more

                articles/chapters containing similar or overlapping information and ideas.

9.             compare/contrast the viewpoints/treatments of two or more articles/chapters on

                the same topic.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

Students may be required to purchase a textbook to be determined by the instructor

Requisites

Prerequisites

EASL 0264 or 0265 or instructor permission

Corequisites

EASL 0374

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for EASL 0364
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025