98年第2學期-0107 英語閱讀實習 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Assignments	5	intensive reading and related work
Assignmnets and quizzes	45	extensive reading and related work
Participation	10	If a student misses one hour of class without a proper reason, three points will be taken off
Midterm and Final Exams	40	Based on intensive reading portion of the course

教育目標

Guided Reading is a basic course for English-major students. It is based on the idea that students become good readers by reading. The objective of this course is to build up reading competence by use of the following reading strategies: skimming, scanning, previewing, predicting, picturing, relating, monitoring, recalling, guessing vocabulary from context clues, recognizing word parts, main ideas vs. minor details, summarizing, outlining, examining organizational patterns, making inferences, synthesizing information, distinguishing facts from opinions, and analytical reasoning.

課程概述

Guided Reading is a basic course for first-year （freshman） English major students. It is based on the idea that students become good readers by reading. The objective of this course is to build up reading competence by use of the following reading strategies: skimming, scanning, previewing, predicting, visualizing, relating, monitoring, recalling, guessing vocabulary from context clues, recognizing word parts, main ideas vs. minor details, summarizing, outlining, examining organizational patterns, making inferences, synthesizing information, distinguishing facts from opinions, and analytical reasoning.

基本資料

必修課，學分數：2-2
上課時間：二/3,4[FL013]
修課班級：外文系1B
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：由外文系編班

參考書目

Intensive reading: Breaking Through College Reading by Brenda Smith
The Greek Gods by Bernard Evslin, Dorothy Evslin, and Ned Hoopes
Stories from Homer by E. F. Dodd
Holes by Louis Sachar
The penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, two rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Watsons: Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christorpher Paul Curtis