LENG2110 Reading 1
After successfully completing this course, students will be equipped with reading strategies to better understand and interact with written texts in English. Students will be better able to analyze various genres of written text in English, including non-fiction, fiction and academic texts. They will be able to identify and reproduce the relevant structures and features of written texts in said genres.
Reading 1 is the second skills-focused course in the English for the Undergraduate Program inLanguages and Culture (EPLC). This student-centered course runs for 16 weeks and consists of two 1.5-hour face-to-face classes and approximately 2 hours of independent work each week. Reading 1 uses a variety of written text types in order to develop and strengthen learners’ top-down and bottom-up reading strategies and micro and macro skills for effective academic and general reading comprehension. While the majority of the course is focused on developing a range of reading skills and strategies, it also adopts an integrated-skills approach to the learning of English for Academic and General Purposes whereby the contents of an in-class text serves as a springboard for writing and speaking skills practice in order to develop learners’ communicative competence more effectively. In addition to the intensive reading carried out in the classroom, the course includes an extensive reading component which encourages learners to read for pleasure so that they can continue to improve their second language skills without the need for a teacher or a classroom.
The course is divided into three modules with a five-week length each. During class time, students are encouraged to participate in different activities that will help them improve their reading, writing, speaking and critical thinking skills. Group work, cooperative work, and peer-assessment are also part of every face-to-face class
Periodo en el que se ofrece el curso
202310
Idioma en el que se ofrece el curso
Español
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