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Reading  104                              

                                                      

  Motivation 
                                                        He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.
                                                                               Cicero (106 - 43 BC)

Textbook: Boeckner, K. & Brown, P.C. (1996). Oxford English for computing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.  

 About 104 Reading 
The reading course aims at developing students’ reading comprehension skills, understanding the main ideas of the reading passage, analyzing the details of the reading passage, using contextual references, guessing the meaning of difficult words from the context, using technical and non –technical dictionaries to create personal word study and vocabulary archives. Students will synthesize each reading passage to understand explicit and implicit details. Students will use the information of the reading passage to complete the tasks assigned to each unit. These tasks include comprehension questions and activities on language skills. The learning activities link reading skills to listening and writing. Functional grammar is used to expand students’ understanding of the contextual details.   

Organization

 All units contain two reading passages. The first reading passage is general in nature. The second reading passage is usually more specific or technical and can be used for individual study. The activities which accompany the passages are designed to improve both extensive reading skills (reading speed, mechanical reading, less attention to details), and intensive reading skills (reading comprehension, main ideas, contextual clues, more attention to details). Texts are adopted from textbooks, newspapers, popular computing magazines, Internet Newsgroup, screen displays, web pages, and manuals.

Expected Learning Outcomes:

Students will

v     Understand a wide variety of text including diagrams, tables, and advertisements.

v     Compare and contrast different sources of information, written and spoken.

v     Analyze technical and non-technical texts.

v     Enhance contextual analysis.

v     Learn new technical terms.

v     Increase English vocabulary.

v   Read independently.

v  Read to collect, manipulate, and present information using technical or non-technical reports. 

Reading Skills   

  • Developing mechanical reading skills(with emphasis on reading speed and pronunciation)
  • Developing reading comprehension skills
  • Identifying main ideas
  • Identifying topic sentences
  • Analyzing supporting information
  • Understanding contextual references
  • Analyzing syntactic and semantic clues
  • Summarizing
  • Studying word formation
  • Identifying parts of speech
  • Making lists of word study
  • Developing vocabulary archives
  • Studying prefixes and suffixes
  • Enhancing dictionary skills while using technical and non-technical dictionaries

    Language Work
  • Explanation of key language items is introduced at the beginning of each unit.
  • Students use their dictionaries to look up the difficult words.
  • Students use each word in sentence of their own.
  • Words are analyzed using the vocabulary lessons on suffixes and prefixes.
  • The Book’s Glossary is used as a reference to check the technical words. 

Problem-solving Tasks

 

  • Students will use the English language to manipulate information and communicate what they understand
    from the content of each passage.
  • Each unit contains tasks on solving linguistic as well as computing problems.
  • The solution requires use of language, logic, and content from prior knowledge 

Topics To Be Covered

  • History of Computers
  • Personal Computing
  • The Processor
  • Portable Computers
  • Operating systems
  • Online Services
  • Programming and Languages
  • Computer Software
  • Comparing software packages
  • Computer Networking
  • Network Configurations
  • Computer Viruses
  • Computer Security
  • Computer Security

    Additional Topics for Teamwork
  • The Internet
  • Data Mining
  • Information Technology
  • Data Processing
  • Data Transfer
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Applications
  • Peripherals
  • Operating Systems
  • Graphical User Interfaces
  • Software Engineering
  • Applications Programs
  • Multimedia
  • Technical Support
  • Websites
  • Communication Systems
  • Electronic Publishing

Audio Materials

Ø     Developing comprehension skills using the cassette of the textbook .The following passages are recorded on the cassette:

Unit 1 : page 6

Unit 5: page 52

Unit 6: page 67

Unit 8: page 85

Unit 11: page 125

Unit 12: page 134

Unit 13: page 146

Unit 14: page 157

Unit 15: page  170

Visual Materials      

§         Online videos

§         Online Flashcards

Assessment

Semester work:    25% Interm I

                         25% Interm II

Final Exam           50% 

Tasks and Exam Items

  • Identify the Main ideas
  • Circle the Correct Answer
  • Multiple Choices
  • Write Short Answers
  • Decide if the information is true or false
  • Identify contextual references
  • Fill in the blanks with appropriate prefixes or suffixes
  • Use the chart of the prefixes to complete the missing part of the word formation
  • Underline the prefix and identify its meaning
  • Circle the suffix and explain its function
  • Complete the sentences using appropriate suffixes
  • Add suffixes to each list of words
  • Provide synonyms for the underlined words
  • Provide antonyms for the underlined words
  • Fill in the missing information in the chart
  • Provide the definition of the technical terms
  • Match the meaning with each technical definition
  • Use the technical term in a meaningful and correct sentence
  • Write a reflective paragraph on team project 

External Reading

Rehner, G.   (1994). Practical strategies for critical thinking. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co. 

Ruggerio, V.  R.  (1996). Becoming a critical thinker. (2nd ed). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co.

Thorpe, J. (1992).  Methods of inquiry program. Toronto: Ryerson Polytechnic Institute.  

Ruggiero, V. R. (2004).  Beyond feelings.  A guide to critical thinking (7th ed.).  New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Online Reading 

The Deitel & Deitel Series

Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension (2)

For Contextual References Tasks, the following sites will be used:

Pronouns 

Pronouns Agreement

English Lessons in Pronouns

Basic Pronouns

Vocabulary Building 

For Suffixes Exercises

Parts of Speech

Online Resources 

PC Magazine 

Digital Web Magazine

Dictionaries 

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Collins Dictionary of definitions

English Synonym Dictionary

Glossary of Computers and Internet Terms

Online Tutorials

Microsoft Office Resources & Tutorials

Java Tutorials Online

Downloads

Online Study

All Computer Networking Programs

Online Courses

  

                                                    

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