EAP 16200 SPRING 2011DETAILED SYLLABUS*
ADVANCED READING FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH
Section: W08 Days: M & WTime: 10:00 – 11:15 AM Location: 4-203
Professor: Dr. Diana Ortega SenE-mail:
Textbooks:
- Reading Across the Disciplines by Kathleen McWhorter;
- From Practice to Mastery: Reading and Writing, A Study Guide for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Tests by B.D. Sussman, M.C. Villar-Smith, & C. Lengel;
- Thinking Through The Test: A Study Guide for the Florida College Basic Skills, Reading with Answer Key, 4th Edition by E. Schmid Bellas & P. Polland.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines, Preface, pp. 1-22
Ten Success Strategies for Learning and Studying Academic Disciplines
Thinking Though the Test, Introduction pp. 1-2
*Assignment: Part One: Pretest/Answers pp. 3-10; p. 175(Write on a piece of paper the question numbers with answers to be handed-in the following class).
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Lab Orientation at Communications Lab in Room 5-115
Course’s Special Program:
Course Password: seneap1620
Lexile Locator: seneap1620
Course ID: Sen000783840R
(Two hours lab required per week. First Lab assignment: Take Lexiles Test. After test, continue practicing your reading and taking comprehension exams. Print-out and hand-in the results).
Monday, January 17, 2011
Martin Luther King’s Birthday Holiday
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines, Part I A Handbook for Reading and Thinking in College, Chapter, pp. 25-40.
Thinking Through the Test: Introduction, pp. 1-2.
From Practice to Mastery: Introduction, pp. 1-3.
*Assignment: From Practice to Mastery: Reading Pre-Test/Answers, pp. 5-15; pp. 240-241. (Write on a piece of paper the question numbers with answers to be handed-in the following class).
Monday, January 24, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines:Chapter 2 – Vocabulary Building (Context Clues, Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes), pp. 41-50.
Thinking Through the Test:Word Choice: Context Clues, pp. 77-86
*Assignments: From Practice to Mastery: Identifying Word Meaning Based on Contextual Clues pp. 73-78.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines:Chapter 3 – Thesis, Main Idea, and Supporting Details, pp. 62-85.
Thinking Through the Test: The Main Idea, Supporting Details, pp. 15-27.
Quiz # 1
*Assignments: From Practice to Mastery: Main Idea, Support pp. 23-37.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines: Chapter 3 – Recognizing Transitions, pp. 85-89.
From Practice to Mastery: Identifying Relationships Within and Between Sentences, pp. 64-72.
*Assignment: Thinking Through the Test -Chapter 2, Sections 2 and 3: Relationships Within a Sentence, pp. 56-75.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
*Reading Across Disciplines: Chapter 4 – Organizational Patterns (definition, Classification, Order of Sequence, Cause and Effect, Comparison and Contrast, Listing/Enumeration, Mixed Patterns, Other Patterns of Organization
From Practice to Mastery- Identifying Patterns of Organization, pp. 52-64.
*Assignments: Thinking Through the Test – Chapter 2, Section 1, pp. 40-56.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines:Chapter 5 – Making Inferences (from given facts and written material); How to Make Inferences, pp. 122-125;Chapter 6 – Critical Reading: Fact or Opinion; Author’s Purpose; Tone; Bias; Strong Evidence? Connotative/Figurative Language, pp. 133-148.
*Assignments:Thinking Through the Test: Reasoning Skills, pp. 107-136.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Quiz # 2
*Assignments: Prepare to hand-in a copy of lab work the following class.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines: Chapter 7 – Organizing Ideas (Highlighting, Annotating, Paraphrasing, Outlining, Mapping, Summarizing), pp. 153-175
Quiz #2
*Assignments:Prepare to hand-in a copy of your lab work the following class.
Wednesday 16, February 16, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines - Chapter 8 – Improving and Adjusting your Reading Rate to Reach Comprehension, p. 177; Chapter 9 – Reading and Evaluating Electronic Sources, pp. 181-185
*Assignments: Exercises on pages pp. 179-180; 184-192.
Monday, February 21, 2011
General Review
*Assignments: Prepare to hand-in a copy of your lab work the following class.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Midterm EAP 1620 Exam
Monday, February 28, 2011
Midterm Review
*Assignments: Pre-reading
Reading Through the Disciplines – PART TWO, pp. 193-195.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines - PART TWO – Reading for Academic Disciplines, pp. 193-195; Chapter 10 - Social Sciences: Tips for Reading in the Social Sciences(Applying Principles of Learning to Video Games, The New Flirting Game, Coming into my Own, Urban Legends), pp. 198-228.
*Assignments:Exercises for Chapter 10.
SPRING BREAK (March 7-13, 2011)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Reading Though the Disciplines – Chapter 11 – Communication/Speech, pp. 237-275.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapters 11.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines – Chapter 12: Anthropology, pp.276-304.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapter 12, 280-304.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Reading Though the Disciplines – Chapter 13 – Education, pp. 305-327; Chapter 14 – Arts/Humanities/Literature, pp. 328-367.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapters 13 and 14.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines – Chapter 15: Public Policy/Contemporary Issues, 368-400; Chapter 16: Political Science/Government/History, pp. 401-437.*Assignments: Exercises for Chapters 15 and 16.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines – Chapter 17: Business/Advertisement/ Economics, pp. 438-475; Chapter 18: Technology/Computers. pp. 476-507.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapters 17 and 18.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines: Chapter 19: Health-Related Fields, pp. 508-544.
Assignments: Exercises for Chapter 19, pp. 513-544.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines – Chapter 20: Life Sciences, pp. 545-578.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapter 20, pp. 551-578.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines – Chapter 21: Physical Sciences/Mathematics, pp. 579-614.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapter 21, pp. 581-614.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Reading Through the Disciplines - Chapter 22: Workplace/Career Field, pp. 615- 648.
*Assignments: Exercises for Chapter 22, pp. 616-648.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Reading Across the Disciplines: PART THREE – Textbook Chapter Reading, pp. 649-652; Chapter 23 – Psychology Textbook Chapter
*Assignments: Be prepared to hand-in the last lab work in the following class.
Monday, April 18, 2011
General Course Review
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Final Reading Exam
Monday, April 25, 2011
Final Exam Retests