The Reading Workshop is a two-level focused reading-skills development course that provides Foundation Program students with the skills and strategies needed to become efficient readers. The course focuses on the development of reading skills and strategies which can be applied in the students’ future university studies.
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Elementary
Course Name: English Reading Workshop Elementary
Course Code: ENGL R001
Contact Hours: 6
Credit Hours: None
Prerequisites: ACCUPLACER APRS Score of 0-62
Course Textbook (Required): Reading Explorer 1 & Reading Explorer 2 (1st Ed.). Boston: Heinle.
Course Description
Each class is comprised of a series of short activities, including teacher-guided intensive reading, fluency training, and vocabulary expansion activities. The assessments for the course will be both formative (through vocabulary notebooks, graphic organizer and critical thinking notebooks, in-class vocabulary and comprehension quizzes, graded reading quizzes, etc.), as well as summative (through the mid-term and final exams).
Intermediate
Course Name: English Reading Workshop Intermediate
Course Code: ENGL R002
Contact Hours: 6
Credit Hours: None
Prerequisites: ENGL R001 or ACCUPLACER APRS Score of 63-99
Course Textbook (Required): Reading Explorer 3 & Reading Explorer 4 (1st Ed.). Boston: Heinle.
Course Description
Each class is comprised of a series of short activities, including teacher-guided intensive reading, fluency training, and vocabulary expansion activities. The assessments for the course will be both formative (through vocabulary notebooks, graphic organizer and critical thinking notebooks, in-class vocabulary and comprehension quizzes, graded reading quizzes, etc.), as well as summative (through the mid-term and final exams).