Reading Comprehension 2

Course Description

This course focuses on reading skills and strategies including guessing meaning from context, analysing paragraphs and skimming for the main idea (explicit or implicit), scanning (for numbers, for facts, for definitions of key terms, for words, for specific terms, etc.), distinguishing between general and specific statements, paraphrasing main ideas, understanding points of view, etc.  Some light will be shed on narratives with focus on basic elements (setting, characters and plot).

One more area of interest is vocabulary building.  This covers analysing affixes, understanding compound words, identifying antonyms and synonyms, recognizing word families and identifying spelling variations.

Course Aims

1. Read a variety of unseen passages and answer comprehension questions
2. Guessing meaning of words from context
3. Analyze paragraphs and skim for the main idea (explicit or implicit)
4. Scan (for numbers, for facts, for definitions of key terms, for words, for specific terms, etc.)

Learning Outcomes:

1.  skimming for the main idea (explicit or implicit)
2.  skimming for the main idea (explicit or implicit)
3. scanning (for numbers, for facts, for definitions of key terms, for words, etc.)
4. distinguishing between general and specific statements
5. paraphrasing main ideas
6. vocabulary building (affixes, compound words, antonyms and synonyms)
7. summarizing