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Overview of College Preparatory Reading
REA 0002 College Preparatory Reading - A Short Course
Reading - A Short Course is designed for a student with reading skills approaching an acceptable level for college work. In this program a complete review of the basic reading skills is presented along with opportunities to develop them in a format similar to that used for online placement tests.
There are seven sections to the instruction. Each section will explain and illustrate some of the basic skills that need to be known by a college-level reader. After the instruction, a reading passage allows the student to determine whether the skills of the section have been learned.
Section 1
- Inferential Comprehension
- Topic Sentences
- Main Idea
- Meaning of Words
- Author's Purpose
- Organizational Patterns
Section 2
- Fact vs Opinion
- Bias in a Passage
- Recognizing Relationships
Section 3
- Identifying Topic Sentences
- Identifying Main Ideas
- Recognizing Relationships
- Determining the Meaning of Words
- Recognizing the Author's Purpose
- Identifying Organizational Pattern
Section 4
- Facts Vs Opinions
- Detecting Bias
- Recognizing the Author's Tone
- Recognizing Invalid Arguments
- Literal Vs Inferred Information
Section 5
- Identifying Topic Sentences
- Identifying a Main Idea
- Recognizing Relationships
- Determining the Meaning of Words
- Recognizing the Author's Purpose
- Identifying Organizational Pattern
Section 6
- Facts vs Opinions
- Detecting Bias
- Recognizing Author's Tone
- Recognizing Relationships
- Determining Meaning of Words
- Recognizing Valid Arguments
- Drawing Inferences and Conclusions
Section 7
- Identifying Topic Sentences
- Finding Literal Information
- Determining Meaning of Words
- Facts vs Opinions
- Identifying Author's Tone
- Finding Implications
After the seven instructional sections have been studied, a final exam is provided to give the student feedback on the degree to which the basic reading skills have been applied.
