Educational Goals and
Learning Objectives, Academic Reading and Writing Level II
Goals:
In Academic
English Reading and Writing Level II, students will engage in the primary tasks
of any academic pursuit at an intermediate level: reading, critical thinking,
research, and expository writing. Students will use what they know about
English to improve comprehension in reading, apply knowledge to writing tasks,
and analyze information that they receive from texts, electronic sources, and
other resources. Students will also begin to synthesize information they
discover.
Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of
Academic English Reading and Writing II, students should be able to:
- Read short assignments
at a speed of 150 words per minute
- Re-state the main idea
of a short reading selection
- Distinguish between main
ideas and supporting details in texts
- Recall facts from
readings (fill in the blank, multiple choice, and short answers)
- Preview content to
predict content and connect content to background knowledge
- In their own words,
re-tell key events from a reading
- Read a simplified novel
(Penguin Reader level IV)
- State opinions in
response to reading
- Use information from
readings to make inferences
- Scan readings to find
specific information
In addition, at the end of
the course, students should be able to:
- Identify all parts of an
entry in an English-English dictionary
- Match meaning and/or
grammatical function to prefixes and suffixes
- Label synonyms and
antonyms
- Predict meanings and
parts of speech for new words, using sentence clues
- Organize a visual system
for learning and reviewing vocabulary information
- Classify new words into
word families
Also, by the end of the
course, students should be able to:
- Write a paragraph with
multi-clause sentences from dictation
- Paraphrase content in
student’s own words
- Answer questions based
on reading passages in complete sentences
- Use brainstorming
techniques (concept maps, lists, and freewriting) to generate ideas for
writing
- Write paragraphs with
topic sentences, supporting details, appropriate cohesive elements, accuracy
in mechanics, and appropriate document format, including summary,
comparison/contrast, description, and narration.
- Revise written work,
based on teacher comments
- Self-edit written work
Finally, at the end of this
course, students should be able to:
- Use a word processor to
create a document
- Save, retrieve, and edit
documents on the computer
- Access class information
through the
Lion's Den (login required)
- Find an appropriate graded
reader in the Library
- Use electronic communication
to request and receive feedback on written work
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