ESL098 — Intensive Reading in English
ESL 098 provides nonnative speakers of English with the reading strategies and skills needed for academic reading in the content areas, with an emphasis on the development of academic vocabulary. Students use actual college text readings to increase proficiency in analyzing content area passages by focusing on advanced reading skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, and identifying organizational patterns, Students are introduced to the elements of fiction through in-class presentations and discussions and extensive assigned reading.
Prerequisites: ESL097