COM 250 Effective Reading I

Instructor: Tunde Tunzes

Hours: 48

Meeting times:

Credit hours: 4

Course description:

Methodology:

This course facilitates the development of effective reading and clear thinking. Understanding vocabulary in contexts, recognizing main ideas, identifying supporting details, central points and relationships, illustrations, comparisons, cause and effect, facts and opinions, inferences, author’s purpose and tone, evaluating arguments. 

Instructor-led; workshops and presentations 

Learner outcome:

• Become a better reader
• Master 10 key reading skills
• Improve analytical skills
• Develop reading strategies for success
• Improve logical and critical thinking

Themes: 

Literary theories, cultural diversity, reading as an essential human activity 

Units:

TBA

Evaluation:

Attendance 15%, Participation/Homework 15%, Assignments 30%, Final Exam 40%

Prerequisite courses or equivalent knowledge:

None except college admission

Textbook used:

Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills, John Langan (Townsend Press) (4th edition)

Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills, John Langan (Townsend Press) (4th edition)