EAP-1100 Reading Academic Texts for Analysis

Credits: 3
EAP-1100 is the third and final reading course in the English for Academic Purposes reading/writing series. In this course, students develop analytical reading skills for academic texts that contain prose and non-prose components such as photographs, charts, and graphs. Students develop analytical reading skills by identifying main ideas in academic passages at the college level. Additionally, students use context and text markers to make inferences to define unfamiliar words and determine the author’s purpose and tone. Students learn to articulate inferences and use target vocabulary through restatements and other reading response passages. Students also practice skimming and scanning text for information. Finally, students outline academic texts and write paragraph summaries with correct citations of the source material.

This course is intended for students who are non-native speakers of American English and who did not complete all four years of high school in the United States.

A grade of C or higher is required to successfully complete this course.

Prerequisite(s): Determined by placement methods OR EAP-0500 with a grade of C or higher.

Corequisite(s): EAP-0800 or EAP-1000 recommended.

Formerly: ESL-0106. Students may not receive credit for both ESL-0106 and EAP-1100

Course Outcomes

Identify the main idea and supporting points in an academic text at the college level.
Locate specific information in an academic text at the college level.
Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues.
Use text markers to infer meaning in an academic text at the college level.
Use target vocabulary in a meaningful context.
Summarize the main ideas and supporting points from an academic text at the college level, including the appropriate citation for the source material.