NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ Readıng skılls ı1 Week 1: Introductıon To The course NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi mmf.nisantasi.edu.tr

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © Course Descrıptıon This reading course is designed to help students master the foundational reading skills of word recognition, vocabulary development, and basic comprehension and practice sub-skills of reading.  NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © Course Goals Through lectures, small group discussion, collaborative learning, text exercises, and computer technology the students will learn how to: deduce the meaning of words by utilizing contextual clues, recognize and identify the topic and the main idea in paragraphs and reading selections, distinguish between major and minor supporting details, identify reference words to show the connections between ideas. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

Strategıes for Success The most succesful students in this course; Attend almost all the classes. Expand on their learning by participating the class activities. Prepare presentation assignments after thinking carefully on it. Have their materials and stationery with them (Course book, pencils, notebook). NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © Other Polıcıes Students are expected to come to class ON TIME. Students will be respectful of other students and the instructor. In particular, STUDENTS WILL NOT TALK WHILE THE INSTRUCTOR OR ANOTHER STUDENT IS TALKING. NO CELL PHONES OR TEXTING. Turn off your phones and other electronic things so they do not ring in class. You are welcome to submit questions via e-mail. Please sign your name and the course number. ABSEENTEISM HAS UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND THE LIMIT IS 13 hours and above. NO MEDICAL OR WORK REPORT IS ACCEPTABLE (Please Contact With Your Instructor) NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © Course Gradıng Midterm : 40 % Final Exam : 60 % NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ © Course Syllabus Week Hours Content Aim 1 3 Introduction to the Course   2 Getting in touch through the ages Make and check predictions Bob Marley Scan for specific information 4 How to describe a painting 5 Andrew Cooper Understand the organization of a text 6 Making Holidays 7 REVISION Practice various reading sub-skills 8 MIDTERM Skim for the main idea 9 Home from Home 10 John the Librarian Preview and predict Read and check predictions 11 Maggie and Tom 12 Pablo Picasso 13 The Mysterious Places 14 Revision Final 15 Final Examination Week NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

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