Course Descriptions
Academic Reading 3 - ARD1003
Course Description
Academic Reading 1003 (ARD 1003) is a 112-hour course spanning over one semester and designed for students with a TOEFL score between 450 and 477. ARD 1003, which adopts a learner-centered communicative approach, introduces students to the basic reading strategies and gradually brings them to an advanced level of critical reading skills to cope with challenging academic texts.
Course Objectives
ARD 1003 course aims to help students
- expand their word stock;
- develop their critical reading skills to comprehend and interpret a wide range of reading material closely related to their fields of study;
- reinforce and integrate the other skills (grammar, writing and speaking);
- expose them to culturally diverse and authentic material;
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- expand their word stock;
- make predictions about text contents;
- apply various reading strategies to comprehend academic texts;
- identify the author’s thesis statement;
- distinguish between main idea and supporting details;
- identify patterns of organization (definition, description, narration, illustration, etc…);
- distinguish facts from opinions;
- summarize long paragraphs and short texts;
- paraphrase text extracts;
- recognize the author’s tone, bias, intent, and attitude;
- evaluate texts critically;
- distinguish between literal and figurative language;
- make inferences and draw conclusions;
- give an oral report on reading material.
Evaluation
Quizzes & Homework up to Midterm exam 20%
Midterm exam 20%
Quizzes & Homework 20%
Final exam 30%
Teacher evaluation 10%
Course Materials
- Mosaic 2, Brenda Wegmann et al., 4th ed. 2002.
- English Vocabulary In Use, Michael McCarthy & Felicity O’Dell, 2002
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Developing Reading Versatility, Adams, W. Royce and Patterson, Beckt Harcourt, 10th ed.
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