EAP 093 — Eap Reading
This is an advanced language course with the primary goal for ESL students to develop reading strategies that enable them to read and comprehend academic materials. Students will learn reading strategies that enable them to engage and react to different text forms and topics that are both concrete and abstract in nature. Through in-class exercises and a variety of assignments, students learn to use reading skills to infer, analyze and respond to a text in a classroom setting. A focus on academic vocabulary is an important component in the course. Additional projects will include a novel study and/or independent reading. Students must speak English as a second or additional language. Prerequisites: Accuplacer ESL 80-110 OR overall TOEFL iBT score of 35-59 and/or a subskill score of 4-14 for the Reading section OR overall TOEFL ITP score of 430-499 OR overall IELTS score of 5.0 or 5.5 and/or a subskill score of 5.0 or 5.5 for IELTS Reading OR overall MET score of 38-45; overall Pearson PTE score of 35-45