UVU Course Catalog Description

• Prerequisite(s): Department Approval
• For students whose native language is other than English
• Studies high-intermediate vocabulary, word attack skills, English dictionary usage, and comprehension skills
• Encourages reading for pleasure and for information
• Practices academic and iob-related reading skills
• Emphasizes extensive reading

Course Objectives

This course

• helps students read texts outside of class to increase vocabulary and comprehension;
• develops mapping skills to increase reading comprehension;
• gives practice in using appropriate speeds when reading high-intermediate level texts;
• increases fluency through extensive reading;
• builds students’ academic and job-related reading skills such as
  • reading texts appropriate to high-intermediate level written for native speakers at an 80% comprehension level,
  • identifying the main idea of a text,
  • skimming and scanning,
  • understanding the differences between major and minor supporting details,
  • making complex inferences based on class texts,
  • Interpreting various types of symbols including words, pictures, icons, charts, graphs, etc. to determine meaning,
  • using vocabulary in context strategies to figure out definitions of words.