ELL 035 - Intermediate Reading I

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Description:

In this course, students will expand reading skills and vocabulary. Students will utilize various reading and vocabulary strategies to comprehend level-appropriate academic texts that prepare them for the next course level. It is recommended that students take the course with ELL grammar, writing, and listening/speaking courses of similar levels. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Demonstrate reading comprehension of level-appropriate text; Utilize various previewing strategies to predict content; Demonstrate text comprehension by using skimming and scanning strategies; Differentiate main and supporting ideas of the level-appropriate text; Identify the main idea of the level-appropriate text and formulate it by employing some paraphrasing strategies; Demonstrate text comprehension by analyzing sentence structures and restating ideas; Demonstrate comprehension of visual materials such as maps, charts, and graphs, as part of a text; Identify evidence for inferences in text, examine it, and formulate basic conclusions; Expand vocabulary, use strategies to infer the meaning of vocabulary, and utilize vocabulary correctly and appropriately; Apply the appropriate level English-English dictionary skills for reading.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ELL 025 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/27/2012 - 08/23/2024 09/01/2006 - 01/03/2013 

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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