ESL-0106 English as a Second Language: Advanced Reading

Credits 3
Equivalent Hours 4
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 American English speakers’ critical reading skills in advanced texts that contain prose and non-prose components such as photographs, charts, and graphs. 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. Finally, students practice skimming and scanning text for information.

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

Identify the main idea of an advanced reading text.
Locate specific information in an advanced reading text.
Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues.
Use text markers to infer meaning in an advanced reading passage.
Use target vocabulary in a meaningful context.
Summarize the main ideas and supporting points from an advanced reading text.