UVU Course Catalog Description

• Prerequisite(s): Department Approval
• For students whose native language is other than English.
• Studies beginning vocabulary, word attack skills, English dictionary usage, and comprehension skills.
• Encourages reading for pleasure and for information.
• Introduces students to academic and job-related reading skills.
  

Course Objectives

This course

• increases vocabulary recognition and comprehension
• helps students read simplified academic and literary texts;
• develops English reading comprehension skills when reading beginning level texts;
• gives practice in reaching reading speeds of 200 to 250 words per minute when reading beginning level, simplified texts;
• encourages reading for pleasure and for information;
• introduces students to academic and job-related reading skills such as identifying and stating main ideas.