ENG 102 - College Reading Skills
- Prerequisite: "C" or higher in ENG 21/51 OR placement in ENG 100
Improvement in college and adult level reading with emphasis on increasing reading rate and comprehension through techniques of phrase reading, skimming, and vocabulary development.
Contact: 3 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of ENG 102, the student will be able to:
- Expand his or her eye span and reduce focus time through tachistoscopic and word recognition exercises.
- Increase rate of perception through word, phrase, and sentence meaning exercises.
- Recognize key ideas through sentence meaning and idea reading exercises.
- Organize main ideas and supporting details through exploratory reading exercises.
- Summarize complex organization through longer exploratory and study reading exercises.
- Evaluate the validity of reading material through critical thinking exercises.
- Increase flexibility of rate according to content and individual purpose for each of the above through the exercises and through mechanical pacing.