EN 011 - College Reading and Study Skills II

Credit Hours: 3 Not for degree credit

A course to further improve the student’s reading and study skills. Content includes practice in comprehension, speed, vocabulary, listening, note-taking, and test-taking.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate reading efficiency utilizing strategies to maintain adequate comprehension of tenth-grade level expository prose;
identify the topic, main idea, details, organizational patterns, and transition devices in paragraphs and articles written at a tenth-grade level;
recognize common affixes and roots as an aid to increase vocabulary;
use context clues to find or infer word meanings in sentences and paragraphs;
use a dictionary to discover or confirm the pronunciation, spelling, and meaning of words;
combine listening strategies and notetaking skills to take complete and useable lecture notes;
apply SQRRR or another study system to a textbook chapter written at least at the tenth-grade level;
demonstrate an ability to adjust the reading rate to the purpose and nature of the material to maintain appropriate comprehension;
describe test management strategies that are appropriate before, during, and after test sessions; and

To exit developmental reading, the student will be able to meet stated objectives on the material at a minimum tenth-grade reading level.

F/S (C, N, S)

This course does not apply toward an associate’s degree.