Developmental Reading/Study I

Course Number: 
READ 080
Course Credits: 
5.00
Course Description: 
This course helps improve reading skills with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary building, and study strategies. Reading selections (academic, general interest, and motivational) are from text and online sources. Designed as preparation for Reading 90. 5 lecture hours.
Course Prerequisites: 
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Course Outcomes: 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Show comprehension of college preparatory reading material.
    • Identify topic, main idea and supporting details
    • Begin to identify writers’ patterns of organization
    • Begin to recognize author inference
  • Increase vocabulary knowledge to improve reading skills.
    • Use context clues to define unfamiliar words in reading material
  • Apply study techniques to increase comprehension of reading material.
    • Understand reading as a process
    • Use metacognitive strategies to monitor and strengthen comprehension