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Apr 19, 2024
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RW 100 - Academic Reading and Writing I0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits
Course Description
Academic Reading and Writing I is the first in a four-course sequence designed to develop needed skills in academic reading, writing, vocabulary use and critical thinking, as well as deliver academic strategies to prepare students to be successful in a university setting. Skills and strategies are delivered through content-based instruction with topics such as business, engineering, psychology, health care, or mathematics. This course also enhances students’ understanding of American culture by engaging them in the reading of classic American stories. They will focus on writing well-organized paragraphs using the vocabulary from the units and recognizing the organizational structure of non-fiction, academic texts. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Academic Reading:
- Preview the topic of a reading
- Determine the main idea and important details in a non-fiction text
- Understand and apply reading skills such as scanning, finding causes and effects, organizing information into charts, asking and answering “Why?” questions, and recognizing the order of events
Academic Writing and Vocabulary Development:
- Preview vocabulary words to aid comprehension
- Deduce meanings of new words by using context clues
- Utilize the academic word list as a guide to vocabulary development
- Write organized paragraphs about the topics of the readings using new vocabulary words appropriately
Prerequisites by Topic
Coordinator
Katherine Vernezze
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