Department of Reading, ESL, Foreign Languages and Philosophy
Rockville Campus
DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS
RD 103 Reading for Non-Native Speakers III
Catalog Description
The third required course in the reading sequence for the American English Language Program (AELP) students continues the teaching of academic reading of American English presented in the preceding two courses. Emphasis on the advanced college skills required for success in content courses, including advanced paragraph and essay comprehension, critical reading, textbook and media analysis, and rhetorical patterns.
PREREQUISITE: RD 102 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 advanced college vocabulary in various kinds of reading.
2. Demonstrate mastery of an extensive selection of advanced college vocabulary through the application of structural analysis and the successful completion of frequent quizzes and tests.
3. Demonstrate comprehension of selected paragraphs, of short essays and narratives, and of passages from college texts through identification of main ideas and major and minor details, through correct responses to factual and inferential questions, and through analyzing rhetorical patterns, paraphrasing and summarizing.
4. Apply critical reading skills--such as making inferences and recognizing patterns of organization, fact and opinion, purpose, bias, tone, and argumentative techniques---in classroom discussions and in written responses to objective and short essay questions.
5. Demonstrate mastery of effective study skills such as outlining, SQ4R, mapping, or the Cornell Notetaking System to locate important ideas in passages from college texts and to organize these ideas for future application.
Course Policies
A student must adhere to the following policies:
1. Attend all classes. Students are expected to attend all classes. This class meets 5 hours a week (or the equivalent in summer). 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 Library or the Writing/Reading Center. All lab work assigned must be completed satisfactorily within established Writing/Reading Center and instructor deadlines.
4. Achieve a score of 60% or better on the final exam to pass the course.
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.
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