ESL-0106 English as a Second Language: Advanced Reading

ESL 0106 is the third and final reading course in the English as a Second Language reading/writing series.  Successful completion of ESL 0106 fulfills the College’s reading readiness prerequisite. ESL 0106 is the most advanced reading course in the series designed to develop non-native English speakers’ critical reading skills in advanced texts. In this course, students further develop reading skills by identifying main ideas in advanced academic reading passages.  Additionally, students use context and text markers to make inferences in order to define unfamiliar words and determine author’s purpose and tone of advanced reading passages.  Students learn to articulate inferences and use target vocabulary through restatements, summaries, and other reading responses passages.  Students also practice skimming and scanning text for information.  A second focus in this course is reading and non-prose texts such as photographs, charts, and graphs.

A grade of C or higher is required to successfully complete this course.
Prerequisite(s): Placement by exam or ESL - 0105
Corequisite(s): ESL - 0201/ESL - 0202 recommended
Course Outcomes
 

1. Identify the main idea of an advanced reading text.
2. Locate specific information in an advanced reading text.
3. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues.
4. Use text markers to infer meaning in an advanced reading passage.
5. Use target vocabulary in a meaningful context.
6. Identify the number of syllables and primary word stress in target vocabulary.