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Course Title

READING 4

Course Code

READ220435

Credit

2

Equivalent Course

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE READING

Prerequisite

READING 3

Coordinator

Phuong T. V. Mai, MA

Program Level

Bachelor’s

Program

TESOL Studies
Translation and Interpretation

Instruction Language

English

Applicable for TESOL Program

Before 2018

Requirement in TESOL Program

Compulsory

Semester in TESOL Program

4

Applicable for Translation & Interpretation Program

Before 2018

Requirement in Translation & Interpretation Program

Compulsory

Semester in Translation & Interpretation Program

4

Overview

The course of Reading 4 is designed to enable English-majored students to obtain academic reading skills at low-advanced level (equivalent to B2+ - CEFR). Particularly, students are provided with critical reading skills as well as sub-skills through intensive and extensive reading. Reading and thinking critically through authentic readings are also included. Moreover, strategies for taking Reading section of TOEFL and IELTS tests are introduced over the units so that students are familiarized with these international standardized tests. The course also helps students develop their learning autonomy as well as their teamwork skills.

Objectives

  Description
G1 Background knowledge on critical reading skills, sub-skills including predicting, skimming, scanning, inferencing, taking notes, summarizing and so on and vocabularies on academic topics at low-advanced level.
G2 Critical reading skills as well as sub-skills through intensive and extensive reading at low-advanced level.
G3 Teamwork and self-study skills

 

Learning Outcomes

  Description
G1
  • Expand background knowledge on academic subjects thanks to reading topics and contents
  • Understand the vocabulary related to academic subjects in context
  • Distinguish different reading sub-skills in isolation
  • Identify different reading sub-skills for different kinds of question in the reading passage
G2
  • Utilize reading sub-skills (predicting, skimming, scanning, inferencing, taking notes, summarizing) at low-advanced level.
  • Utilize vocabulary skills to guess meanings of new words in context
  • Utilize new vocabularies for further discussions on reading topics   and contents
G3
  • Develop learning autonomy
  • Develop teamwork skills

 

Materials

Textbooks
Wegmann, B., & Knezevic, M. (2007). Mosaic 2 Reading (Silver ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Mann, M. & Taylore-Knowles, S. (2003). Skills for FCE Reading. London: Macmillan.

Reference
Kenny, N., & Mortimer, L. L. (2012). FCE Practice Tests Plus 2. New York: Pearson Education ESL.

Assessment

This class is based on on-going assessment. Students are assessed for their performance in the following components:

Assessment Weighting
Assignments 20%
Mid-term tests 30%
Final exam 50%

 

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