Revised 12/2023

ESL 22 - Reading and Vocabulary II (5 CR.)

Course Description

Provides instruction and practice in reading and vocabulary development at the low-intermediate level. Improves students’ reading fluency, proficiency, and vocabulary to enable them to function adequately in ESL Level 3 and prepare for college-level reading. Credits are not applicable toward graduation. Lecture 5 hours per week.

General Course Purpose

To give low-intermediate students in Level 2 of the College ESL Program opportunities to improve reading fluency and develop vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on reading and responding to readings in written form.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites

Prerequisite: Requires an ESL Placement Test recommendation for ESL Level 2.

Corequisites: ESL 21 and ESL 24; corequisites are not required to be taken in the same semester

Course Objectives

Goal 1 - Students will comprehend simple authentic text on a low intermediate level or short sections of longer text.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • read to answer specific factual questions
  • read to answer inferential questions
  • begin to distinguish fact from opinion in the text
  • state the main idea of the text
  • participate effectively in group discussions of the ideas in the text
  • restate ideas from the text in their own words
  • respond to the text in writing

Goal 2 - Students will attain competence in vocabulary usage.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • use an English-English dictionary with increasing speed and accuracy;
  • rely on context clues, both for guessing and in conjunction with dictionary usage;
  • expand vocabulary by learning synonyms;
  • expand vocabulary by using suffixes to change word forms.

Major Topics to Be Included

  • reading to obtain information
  • reading for fluency
  • responding affectively to readings
  • identifying main ideas
  • summarizing short passages
  • developing vocabulary
  • improving reading and learning habits
  • improving reading and processing rates
  • understanding basic text structure: introduction, body, conclusion
  • understanding and following oral and written directions