ESL 0083 - Level 4: Academic Reading

Fall & Spring 3 Credit Hours
Students focus on reading skills necessary for university academic work, stressing reading strategies and vocabulary development. Primary focuses are understanding difficult texts and vocabularies, increasing reading speed and encouragement of recreational reading in English. Topics include essay and academic texts; careful reading, skimming and scanning skills, and summarizing. Requires a placement test or permission of the IEP director.