Reading I
Course number & Code :
Najd 118
Course title:
Reading I (Level One) / contact hours: 4
Textbook:
INTERACTIONS 1/ READING/ middle east gold edition
Chapters to be covered: 8 to 10 chapters
Description
Content and objectives
Reading I
is a pre-intermediate course designed to equip students with the necessary reading skills through reading and comprehension of a variety of short passages that are descriptive, expository, and dialogic. Comprehension is stimulated through a variety of questions and exercises, especially those generating the ability to guess meaning of words, main ideas in paragraphs and across paragraphs. Text comprehension is followed by a production activity where students discuss relevant issues and express their opinions. The vocabulary exercises that follow text reading tasks are meant to enrich students’ vocabulary in semantic fields provided by the texts.
Skills
The Reading comprehension course seeks to foster among students the following
skills.
Skimming
Scanning
Intensive reading
Extensive reading
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
Recognizing supporting details
Recognizing topic sentences
Making inferences
Weekly schadual
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Week 1
(29) 12-16
(08) 11- 15 |
Orientation |
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Week 2
Shawal (29) 19-23
Oct (08) 18- 22 |
Chapter 1: Academic life around the world |
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Week 3
Shawal (29) 26-30
Oct (08) 25- 29 |
Chapter 2: Experiencing nature |
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Week 4
Thoalqeda (29) 3-7
Nov (08) 1- 5 |
Chapter 3: Living to eat, or eating to live |
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Week 5
Thoalqeda (29) 10-14
Nov (08) 8- 12 |
Chapter 3: Living to eat, or eating to live |
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Week 6
Thoalqeda (29) 17-21
Nov (08) 15- 19 |
Chapter 4: In the community |
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Week 7
Thoalqeda (29) 24-28
Nov (08) 22- 26 |
Chapter 4: In the community |
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Week 8
Thoalhja (29) 1-3
Nov (08) 29- 30
Dec 1 |
Chapter 5: Home
First Mid-Term Exam |
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Week 9
Thoalhja (29) 17-19
Dec (08) 15- 17 |
Chapter 5: Home
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Week 10
Thoalhja (29) 22-26
Dec (08) 20- 24 |
Chapter 6: Cultures of the world |
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Week 11
Thoalhja (29) 29-3
Dec (08) 27- 31 |
Chapter 7: Health |
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Week 12
Moharm (30) 6-10
Jan (09) 3- 7 |
Chapter 8: Entertainment & the Media |
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Week 13
Moharm (30) 13-17
Jan (09) 10- 14 |
Chapter 9: Social Life |
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Week 14
Moharm (30) 20-24
Jan (09) 17- 21 |
Chapter 10: Sports
Second Mid-Term Exam |
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Week 15
Moharm (30) 27-2
Jan (09) 24- 28 |
Revision & Closure |
Final Exam
Note:
Attention is given to pronunciation. An accompanying audiotape is available
for this purpose. Teachers may wish to make their students listen to the reading
comprehension passages. They should not however turn the reading activity into a
listening activity. Students are encouraged to read at home part four in each chapter at
home.