READ 099 - College Reading Skills II

The second-level reading course designed for native speakers of English. The emphasis is on advanced college reading skills required for success in content courses. Skills cover comprehending college-level essays through identifying and inferring main ideas, locating supporting details, and identifying organizational patterns; applying reading strategies and study skills such as SQ4R, outlining, summarizing; using critical thinking skills, including differentiating fact from opinion and recognizing purpose and tone; and analyzing textbooks and media. PREREQUISITE(S): Successful completion of READ 095 or appropriate reading level score on placement test. Three hours each week plus additional reading laboratory requirements. Formerly RD 099.

3 semester hours

THREE EQUIVALENT CREDIT HOURS. NOT APPLICABLE TO A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE. MAY NOT BE USED TO SATISFY DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. NOT INCLUDED IN GPA CALCULATION.

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Locate and state the main idea, thesis, or theme in essays, expository writing, and narratives; infer an implied main idea.
Describe the rhetorical patterns of organization in literature, essays, and college text material to improve reading comprehension.
Apply cognitive and metacognitive reading strategies such as outlining, mapping, diagramming, summarizing, SQ3R, Cornell note-taking, skimming, scanning, and lecture- and text-based note-taking.
Apply critical reading/thinking skills such as (but not limited to) inferring author’s meaning; differentiating fact from opinion; interpreting graphs and charts; detecting purpose, tone, bias, and propaganda techniques; and evaluating arguments.

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