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Oct 23, 2026
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READ 0910 - Preparing for College Reading
Credits: 4
Catalog Description
The objective of this course is to improve the students’ reading skills to the extent that they can effectively approach college-level reading. It emphasizes strategies for reading a variety of texts, ways to improve reading vocabulary, and resources for increasing comprehension. This goal is accomplished through an individual diagnosis of the students’ present reading skills and subsequent individual work in appropriate areas.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): Appropriate scores on the placement measures
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: This is the first of two sequential developmental reading courses designed to improve students’ reading strategies so that they can succeed in college-level courses.
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Demonstrate at least three strategies to use to understand new vocabulary.
- Write an acceptable summary of several texts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of reading as a dialogue with the author.
- Identify strategies to overcome inadequate comprehension of text.
- Connect reading to personal experience and prior knowledge.
- Assess effectiveness of own comprehension, vocabulary, and rate strategies.
- Respond fluently to text in critical, creative, and personal ways.
- Demonstrate use of print and online resources to increase understanding of text and campus resources (Academic Support Center, Library, and others) to improve academic success.
- Demonstrate improving abilities as a developing reader by a) attending class regularly with reading tasks prepared, b) participating actively in discussion and presentation of readings, and c) completing reading tasks on time.
- Demonstrate improving abilities in reading using computer technologies by a) navigating links on websites to find resources for reading improvement, b) locating and reading articles online that relate to course topics, and c) finding information through search engines that answer questions generated by course readings.
Major Areas of Course Content
- The reading process as the basis for effective communication and critical thinking within the diversity of the academic community
- Strategies for reading fiction, essays, and textbooks using a hierarchy of cognition and comprehension skills
- Developing language fluency for effective communication
- Expanding vocabulary in reading, writing, speaking, and listening
- Developing flexibility as a reader and writer
- Becoming aware of and utilizing a variety of resources to participate in the community of lifelong learners
- Developing the use of both print and online resources to improve reading strategies and increase personal responsibility for success as a college reader
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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