ENG 21 - Developmental Reading
- Prerequisite: ENG 20B & C & D & E OR "C" or higher in ESL 11 & 13 & 14 & 17 OR placement in ENG 21/51
Designed to develop reading skills needed for college level reading. Emphasis is on vocabulary and comprehension of expository reading material. Study skills needed for effective reading are handled.
Contact: 3 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of ENG 21, the student will be able to:
- Identify the topic
- Recognize stated and implied main ideas
- Recognize the structure and organization of paragraphs
- Discriminate between major and minor supporting details
- Locate specific information
- Think more critically about what is read
- Make inferences
- Draw conclusions and predict outcomes
- Differentiate between fact and opinion
- Demonstrate knowledge of college-level vocabulary
- Use context to determine meaning of unknown words
- Interpret charts, maps, diagrams
- Adapt reading rate and method of reading