Reading 5
[ Class Information ]
[ Materials ]
[ Course Description ] [ Class Objectives ] [ Grades ]
Fall 2001
Class Information
| Class: |
12:45 - 1:50 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
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| Location: |
NH 396 |
| Instructor: |
Gregry M. Davis |
| Office: |
341 East Hall |
| Office hours: |
Monday: 2:30-3:15 pm; Wednesday: 9:00-10:00 a.m. |
| Phone: |
503 725-9196 |
| E-mail: |
davisg@pdx.edu |
You can lead a horse to water, |
| WebCT/Discussion: |
www.webct.pdx.edu |
but you can't make him drink! |
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Materials/General Information
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 | America Now, 4th edition, by Robert Atwan;Bedford/St.
Martin's, 2001 |
| The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger (Preferrably
Little, Brown Books edition) |
| English-English dictionary (e.g., Longman (Advanced), Cambridge,
American Heritage ESL dictionaries) |
| An ODIN e-mail account (available after you get your PSU ID number at
http://www.account.pdx.edu/setup/). |
| All phones/pagers/etc. should be turned off or set to vibrate during
class time. |
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Course Description
This course has three main purposes. It is designed
to develop your confidence in reading independently in English. A second purpose is
to improve your TOEFL Reading score. The skills you hone in this class will help you
improve your section score. Third, you will be prepared to manage academic reading
and response assignments required at the university level.
Textbook and magazine articles on world issues and
current events, a novel, and vocabulary building exercises will form the basis of this
course. Each week you will have opportunities to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate
reading passages and express your ideas in writing and speaking. It is expected that
you have the vocabulary and experience with reading in English required at an advanced
level. To complete the course, you must demonstrate the ability to communicate
orally and in writing at a level appropriate for university study.
Class Objectives
By the end of the term, students should be able to do the following:
 | Improve your reading rate (to approximately 200 words per minute); |
| Increase discrete reading skills, such as
inference, deriving word meaning from context, summarizing main ideas, identifying thesis,
and prediction ; |
| Increase word knowledge and knowledge of word
relationships; |
| Express ideas about a text based on analysis,
synthesis and evaluation of ideas; |
| Understand character, plot, setting, and analyze
these components of a novel; |
| Predict possible exam questions about an academic
reading passage; |
| Outline and analyze a chapter from an academic
textbook. |
Grades
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