EL220 : Reading Comprehension 4

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in English Language

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

EL214

Overview

Reading is one of the most important skills in the language and it is the gateway to all science and knowledge. Through it, the learner gets acquainted with different knowledge, information and experiences that enrich his linguistic repertoire and his literary style. This course provides students with high interest reading passages from authentic sources that act as springboards into reading comprehension activities, reading skills development, vocabulary building, practicing grammatical analysis, thought provoking discussion and improving writing style.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing this course, students will acquire knowledge and skills represented in the ability to extract main ideas from English texts and search for specific information and details in them, in addition to distinguishing between synonyms and antonyms of words, and guessing the meanings of new vocabulary from the context. Students will be also able to clarify the relationship between different sentences and paragraphs in the text, the way ideas are sequenced and their impact on the overall meaning of the text, as well as analyze the complex grammatical structures of sentences and use the necessary reading strategies and skills in their academic field of study.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, exercises and panel discussions

Methods of assessments

Written mid-term exam 40

Written final exam 60

Week	Scientific Topic
First	Reading skills: Identifying main ideas and distinguishing facts from opinion
Second	Inference and supporting main ideas
Third	Recognizing sentence transitions and recognizing sources
Fourth	Recognizing diverse points of view and scanning for specific information
Fifth	Following a story line and recognizing paragraph transitions
Sixth	Vocabulary: Figures of speech and phrasal verbs
Seventh	Using context to guess the meaning
Eighth	Mid-term Exam
Ninth	using prefixes to determine meaning
Tenth	Using adverbs and intensifiers
Eleventh	Using verbs and adjectives
Twelfth	Using compound words
Thirteenth	Synonyms and antonyms
Fourteenth	Nouns derived from adjective
Fifteenth
Sixteenth	Final-term Exam

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (GS100)
FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (GS101)
PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER 1 (CS100)
(EL102)
Reading comprehension 1 (EL103)
Listening and Speaking 1 (EL104)
(EL105)
Phonetics 1 (EL106)
(IS100)
GENERAL MATHEMATICS 1 (MM111)
Listening and Speaking 2 (EL109)
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (GS200)
GENERAL TEACHING METHODS (GS201)
GENERAL MATHEMATICS 2 (MM112)
Phonetics 2 (EL111)
Writing 2 (EL110)
Reading Comprehension 2 (EL108)
Grammar 2 (EL107)
PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER 2 (CS101)
Principles of Statistics (ST210)
Arabic Language 2 (AR101)
Arabic Language 3 (AR213)
(IS101)
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (GS203)
FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM (GS202)
(EL216)
(EL112)
Grammar 3 (EL213)
(EL214)
Listening and Speaking 3 (EL215)
Reading Comprehension 4 (EL220)
(EL221)
Grammar 4 (EL219)
(EL218)
Theoretical Linguistics 2 (EL217)
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS (GS301)
Creative Writing (EL328)
Arabic Language 4 (AR216)
Academic Writing (EL439)
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (GS302)
Advanced listening and speaking (EL327)
Advanced Reading comprehension (EL326)
Applied Linguistics (EL223)
Grammatical Structure 1 (EL325)
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT (GS400)
TEACHING AIDS (GS303)
Research Methodology (EL450)
Translation (EL446)
Teaching Strategy 1 (EL440)
Grammatical Structure 2 (EL332)
Literature 2 (EL224)
Graduation Project writing (EL448)
(EL447)
Teaching English Language Skills (EL445)
English Varieties (EL443)
Computer Assisted Language Learning (EL442)
(GS401)
(EL345)
Vocabulary Development (EL344)
Practical education 2 (GS403)