EAP 171 - Reading and Academic Vocabulary for International Students II

3 Credit(s)

This course is a continuation of EAP 170 and is designed to provide additional instruction to improve academic reading skills. Students will develop their reading skills in the interpretation, analysis, summarization, and criticism of ideas encountered in academic reading, including newspapers, such as Wall Street Journal. Students will also learn to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words from contextual and structural clues. The course includes a review of effective strategies for understanding unfamiliar academic vocabulary and a remedial needs-based review of higher-level grammatical constructions. Conditionally-admitted students must complete Level II courses successfully to meet the requirement of full admission.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of ESOL Director

Course Frequency: F, S

Grading Method: Student option.