Credit Hours: 3
Level: 3
Course Description:
This course is an initial reading course with emphasis on basic reading comprehension skills, and basic vocabulary
development. It will focus on effective reading strategies such as analysing text structure, building vocabulary, identifying
main ideas, relevant details, and organizational patterns to improve reading comprehension. A small amount of outsideof-class reading is required for the course.
Course Objectives:
1. Develop reading comprehension skills;
2. Acquire techniques needed for differentiating main ideas from supporting details in reading texts;
3. Utilize comprehension strategies during the reading process;
4. Identify logical inferences and conclusions based on the evidence provided in a text;
5. Recognize the point and support of an argument.