Lecturer: Ola Ahmed Refaat Academic year 2015 / 2016 English Language - Reading ENGL 101 Foundation year 1

 A general English language program should focus on the four basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in addition to providing instruction in grammar and vocabulary. Sometimes a single textbook is used because each chapter addresses multiple skills. Other times a separate book is used for each skill area. Whatever the material is, the main objectives for reading remain the same. 2

 Students will engage in daily, meaningful reading tasks in English class. The tasks will be based on the following objectives: 1.Pre-read and scan academic materials to develop a sense of a text’s scope and emerging meaning. 2.Determine the author's purpose, intended audience, tone and the text’s general context. 3.Recognize and understand a work’s thesis or theme and the methods of organization used to support the thesis or develop the theme. 4.Summarize, paraphrase, synthesize ideas from what they have read. 5.Evaluate the evidence presented and state an opinion about what they have read.  Students will engage in daily, meaningful reading tasks in English class. The tasks will be based on the following objectives: 1.Pre-read and scan academic materials to develop a sense of a text’s scope and emerging meaning. 2.Determine the author's purpose, intended audience, tone and the text’s general context. 3.Recognize and understand a work’s thesis or theme and the methods of organization used to support the thesis or develop the theme. 4.Summarize, paraphrase, synthesize ideas from what they have read. 5.Evaluate the evidence presented and state an opinion about what they have read. 3

1.Fables 2.Stories 3.Guidelines for learning vocabulary. 4.Learning new words from your reading. 5.The 100 words. 6.Guessing meaning from contexts. 7.Parts of Speech. 1.Fables 2.Stories 3.Guidelines for learning vocabulary. 4.Learning new words from your reading. 5.The 100 words. 6.Guessing meaning from contexts. 7.Parts of Speech. 4

8. Words parts. 9. Recognizing letters, words, and phrases. 10. Scanning. 11. Focusing on topics. 12. Understanding paragraphs. 8. Words parts. 9. Recognizing letters, words, and phrases. 10. Scanning. 11. Focusing on topics. 12. Understanding paragraphs. 5

 The four skills of English Language (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) are all out of 100. But because we are teaching each skill alone, so we will assume that each skill is out of 100. At the end of the semester the teacher who is responsible for your group will collect all your marks from the other English language teachers and then divide them all by 4. Therefore, your final total mark is now out of

7 100 Mark Quizzes 10 1st Ass. 10 2nd Ass. 10 H.W. 10 Part. 10 Attendance 10 Final 40

 Your text book for the reading skill is BASIC REDAING POWER 1 – THIRD EDITION by Linda Jeffris and Beatrice S. Mikulecky.  You can buy it from JARIR book store for example.  The Power Point Presentation (PPT) that will be covered during each class will be uploaded on the college’s website under the Foundation Year (FY) section.  You can download the lecture from the college’s website:  Your text book for the reading skill is BASIC REDAING POWER 1 – THIRD EDITION by Linda Jeffris and Beatrice S. Mikulecky.  You can buy it from JARIR book store for example.  The Power Point Presentation (PPT) that will be covered during each class will be uploaded on the college’s website under the Foundation Year (FY) section.  You can download the lecture from the college’s website: 8

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