Department of Reading, ESL, Foreign Languages and Philosophy
Rockville Campus
DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS
RD 102 Reading for Non-Native Speakers II
Catalog Description
The second required course in the reading sequence for AELP students continues the teaching of academic reading of American English begun in the first course. Emphasis on intermediate college skills required for success in content courses, including vocabulary development, critical thinking, paragraph and essay comprehension, textbook and media analysis, test and note-taking, and dictionary use.
PREREQUISITE: RD 101 with a grade of C or better or placement by testing required by the College of non-native speakers of English. For computation of tuition this course is equivalent to five semester hours. Five hours each week. Additional laboratory required. 3 semester hours.
A Word About Credit
Students who pass this course will receive 3 credits. The credits will be counted in the student's grade point average. Notation of the course and the credits earned (or lack of credit if the student fails the course) will be posted in the student's Official Transcript. The credits do not apply to the A.A. Degree or the Certificate at Montgomery College. Whether the credits transfer to another college or university depends on the policies of the college or university to which the student transfers.
Course Content/Objectives
Students completing the course should be able to:
1. Apply context clues to identify meanings of intermediate college vocabulary in various kinds of reading.
2. Demonstrate mastery of an extensive selection of intermediate college vocabulary through the application of structural analysis and the successful completion of frequent quizzes and tests.
3. Demonstrate comprehension of selected paragraphs, essays, narratives, and passages from a wide variety of sources through identification of main ideas and major and minor details, through correct responses to factual and inferential questions, through analyzing rhetorical patterns, and through paraphrasing and summarizing.
4. Apply study skills such as SQ4R to locate important ideas in passages from texts and to organize these ideas for future application.
Course Policies
A student must adhere to the following policies:
1. Attend all classes. This class meets 5 hours a week (or the equivalent in summer). Students are expected to attend all classes. According to college regulations, students who accumulate more that 5 hours of absences may be dropped from the course.
2. Complete all assigned work. All assigned work must be completed. All work must be submitted to the instructor on time, according to the instructor's specifications. Work missed because of unexcused absences may be made up according to the instructor's policy for missed work.
3. Complete lab requirements. This course has a lab requirement in the Writing/Reading Center. All lab work assigned must be completed satisfactorily within established Writing/Reading Center and Instructor deadlines.
4. Earn an average of 70% or better on all tests, quizzes, and assignments to meet the prerequisite for RRD103 ( a grade of C or higher).
Course Materials (Campus designated)
Cheating
Cheating in school or college is a very serious offense. Each student is expected to do his or her own work on all quizzes, tests, and class and homework exercises. Any student found cheating will be given one warning. If a second incident of cheating occurs involving the same student, the case will be referred to the Student Discipline Committee, a grade of F for the course will be awarded, and an effort may be made to drop the student from the course.
Grades and Recommendation
At the end of the semester, the student will receive a grade of A, B, C, D, or F. The student will also receive a specific written recommendation from the instructor as to which course(s) the student may take in the following semester or summer session.