ESOL 0052 - Reading V

1. Reading Skills
   1. Text organization for different genres including college textbooks, literature, articles
   2. Critical Thinking - research, synthesizing information, evaluating sources and bias
   3. Identifying western rhetorical patterns (listing/chronological, classification comparison/contrast, cause/effect, persuasive)
   4. Comprehension skills - Fact v Opinion, inference, main ideas with support/evidence
   5. Graphics - charts, graphs, tables, diagrams
   6. Analyzing language of complex and difficult texts
2. Reading Strategies
   1. Building schema/background knowledge; expanding knowledge of U.S. and Academic culture
   2. Connecting to the text
   3. Understanding citations and footnotes
   4. Annotating a text
   5. Strategies to increase reading rate
3. Vocabulary Skills 
   1. Using advanced context clues
   2. Understanding English collocations, phrasal verbs, and idiomatic expressions
   3. Using dictionaries for advanced-level vocabulary
   4. Understanding English signal words, markers, and cohesive devices in a text
   5. Understanding word families and forms
4. Academic Skills for College in the U.S.
   1. Outlining, summarizing, mapping
   2. Paraphrasing academic English
   3. Skimming and scanning
   4. Test preparation, including predicting test questions, critical thinking for tests, essay/short answer, vocabulary of tests, following written instructions,

1. analyze texts using critical thinking skills.
2. annotate a text with markings and notes.
3. comprehend texts and graphs, including college-level textbook materials.
4. create outlines, summaries, or maps of material in texts.
5. prepare for and successfully complete tests, including different types of test questions, test strategies and following instructions.
6. use academic organizational patterns to support comprehension.
7. use strategies for understanding and learning new vocabulary.

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