Undergraduate Course Descriptions

Academic Reading(ARD)

ARD 1001 Academic Reading 0 (4-1)
Placement based on TOEFL subscores and / or placement tests.

The objective of Academic Reading 1001 is to increase the word stock of students through intensive reading, guessing the meaning of words from context, and word analysis. In parallel, students will be introduced to the basic reading skills such as distinguishing main ideas from details, recognizing text structure and organization, developing dictionary skills, and improving reading speed.

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ARD 1002 Academic Reading 0 (4-1)
Placement based on TOEFL subscores and / or placement tests.

Academic Reading 1002 has two principal goals. The first aims towards a more interactive relation between the reader and the text. Focus will not be only on developing students’ vocabulary, but will foster development of critical reading skills .The second goal is to enable students to develop some analytical techniques to understand a variety of academic text genres. Particular emphasis will be on recognizing text structure, rhetorical patterns, and other linguistic features typical of academic English texts.

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