Reading/ Level 2/ Course Description
2nd Semester 2009
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Instructor
Location
Website
Means of contact |
Masha’el Salem Al- Salem
BL: 19 Office No. 206
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/Mashael.Al-Salem/default.aspx
Office Ext: 2406 email: mashael.salem@gmail.com |
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Course Title |
Reading 2/ Najd 143 |
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Textbook |
INTERACTIONS 2- Reading – middle east gold edition |
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Content & Objectives |
Reading II is an intermediate course dealing with intermediate reading skills and comprehension strategies. The reading selections include many vocabulary-building exercises and emphasize reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, guessing meaning from context, understanding the structure and organization of a selection, increasing reading speed and interpreting the author’s point of view. The texts are descriptive and expository. They cover a variety of modern themes and issues in education, business, trade, language and communication, medicine, media, law, and culture. |
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Skills |
The Reading comprehension course seeks to foster the following skills:
- Skimming
- Scanning
- Intensive reading
- Extensive reading
- Writing a summary
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Sub-skills & Strategies |
- Making predictions
- Varying reading speeds
- Understanding word meaning by relying on immediate context in the text
- Understanding word meaning by relying on overall meaning in the text
- Recognizing main ideas
- Making inferences
- Discovering writer’s point of view
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Weeks |
Chapters to be covered |
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Week 1
(30) 3 – 7
(09) 28 – 4 |
Orientation |
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Week 2
Rabie 1 (30) 10 – 14
March (09) 7 – 11 |
Chapter 1: Education and Student Life |
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Week 3
Rabie 1 (30) 17 – 21
March (09) 14 – 18 |
Chapter 1: Education and Student Life
Chapter 2: City Life |
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Week 4
Rabie 1 (30) 24 – 28
March (09) 21 – 25 |
Chapter 2: City Life |
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Week 5
Rabie 2 (30) 1 – 5
March (09) 28 – 1 Apr |
Chapter 3: Business and Money |
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Week 6
Rabie 2 (30) 8 – 12
Apr (09) 4 – 8 |
Chapter 3: Business and Money
Chapter 4: Jobs and Professions |
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Week 7
Rabie 2 (30) 15 – 19
Apr (09) 11 – 15 |
Chapter 4: Jobs and Professions |
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Week 8
Rabie 2 (30) 22 – 26
Apr (09) 18 – Apr 22 |
Chapter 5: Lifestyles Around the World
First Mid-Term Exam |
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Week 9
Jomad 1 (30) 7 – 11
May (09) 2 – 6 |
Chapter 5: Lifestyles Around the World
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Week 10
Jomad 1 (30) 14 – 18
May (09) 9 – 13 |
Chapter 6: Global Connections |
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Week 11
Jomad 1 (30) 21 – 25
May (09) 16 – 20 |
Chapter 6: Global Connections
Chapter 7: Language and Communication |
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Week 12
Jomad 1/2 (30) 28 – 3
May (09) 23 – 27 |
Chapter 7: Language and Communication |
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Week 13
Jomad 2 (30) 2 6 – 10
May (09) 30 – June 3 |
Chapter 9: New Frontiers
Second Mid-Term
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Week 14
Jomad 2 (30) 13 – 17
June (09) 6 – 10 |
Chapter 9: New Frontiers
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Week 15
Jomad 2 (30) 20 – 24
June (09) 13 – 17 |
Revision & Closure |