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January 2013 Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon Campus Course Outline
I. GENERAL INFORMATION Course Title : Course Code : Credits : Academic Term: Professor: Office Hours: OfficePhone: E-Mail: II. DESCRIPTION Development of reading skills with emphasis on critical reading. Refinement of the reading process and vocabulary acquisition in context. Requires additional time in alaboratory. Prerequisite GEEN 1201. Core course. Students are required to submit a copy of their transcript during the first 2 weeks of class. Transcripts may be accessed at http://bayamon.inter.edu.REQUIREMENT: Score of 451 to 599 on the English CEEB III. OBJECTIVES It is expected that upon completing the course the student will be able to: 1. Develop an appreciation of the value of English as a meansof communication for personal, academic, and professional purposes 2. Comprehend oral discourse and express ideas orally and in writing 3. Develop reading comprehension skills 4. Analyze readingscritically IV. Content A. Oral discourse B. Vocabulary development 1. Use of context clues 2. Cognates C. Analysis of fiction and non-fiction 1. Main idea and supporting details 2. Conclusion 3. Summary4. Facts/Opinion 5. Theme and author’s purpose 6. Analysis and synthesis Development of English Through Reading II GEEN 1202 3 Credits January to May 2013 Irma I. Torres Rodriguez M-Th 11:30-1:00 Of.E 174 787-279-1912 Ext. 2177 itorres@bayamon.inter.edu

7. Evaluating opinions D. Grammar/Structure 1. Parts of speech 2. Sentences a. Simple, Compound, complex b. Fragment and run-ons E. ParagraphWriting 1. Paragraph development (comparison, argumentative, cause-effect) 2. Topic sentence / thesis 3. Statement of purpose 4. Supporting details 5. Irrelevant information 6. Conclusions V.LANGUAGE LABORATORY Recommended skill enhancement activities: A. Reading 1. Locating information 2. Making inferences 3. Drawing conclusions 4. Establishing relationships 5. Identifying topic of a sentence...