Attachment 15
EN010 outline
-1ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE
A.
Unit Code & Course Title:
EN 010 College Reading and Study Skills I
B.
Curriculum:
English
C.
Catalog Description:
The course is designed to improve reading and
study skills. Content includes practice in comprehension, speed, vocabulary, listening,
note-taking and test taking. This course does not apply toward an associate degree. F/S
(C,N,S)
D.
Duration of Instructional Period:
One hundred fifty minutes per week
Fifteen weeks
E.
Academic Credit Hours:
F.
Suggested Texts/Course Materials:
3.0 contact hours; 3.0 non degree credits
Ten Steps To Improving College Reading Skills, Fifth
Edition, by John Langan, Townsend Press
Improving Vocabulary Skills, 3/e, short version, Third
Edition, by Sherrie L. Nist
Timed Readings, Third Edition book six, Edward
Spargo
G.
Course Outcomes:
able to:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be
1.
Demonstrate reading efficiency utilizing
strategies to maintain adequate comprehension
on tenth grade level expository prose.
2.
Identify topic, main idea, details, organizational
patterns and transition devices in paragraphs
and articles written at tenth grade level.
3.
Recognize common affixes and roots as an aid to
increase vocabulary.
4.
Use context clues to find or infer word
meanings in sentences and paragraphs.
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Use dictionary to discover or confirm the
pronunciation, spelling and meaning of words.
6.
Combine listening strategies and notetaking
skills to take complete and useable lecture notes.
7.
Apply PRWR, SQ3R or another study system to a
textbook chapter written at least at tenth grade
level.
8.
Demonstrate ability to adjust reading rate to
purpose and nature of material in order to
maintain appropriate comprehension.
9.
Describe test management strategies that are
appropriate before, during, and after test
sessions.
10.
In order to pass from EN 010 to EN 011 but not
exit developmental reading, the student will be
able to meet stated objectives on material at a
minimum of ninth grade reading level.
In order to exit developmental reading, the
student must be able to meet stated objectives on
material at tenth grade reading level.
NA
H.
Program Competencies:
I.
SUNY General Education Ten Knowledge Areas:
J.
ECC Graduate Learning Outcomes:
1.
Communicate effectively (outcomes #1-#4)
2.
Read and think critically (outcomes #1-#4)
K.
Assessment of Student Learning: Success in meeting course objectives will be
measured by student’s level of competency on:
NA
EN010 outline
-31. Rate and comprehension activities based on ninth and
tenth grade expository prose.
2. Application of PRWR, SQ3R or another study system
to an instructor selected textbook chapter or article
OR Criterion referenced exams on the parts of/or the
whole study system.
3. Quizzes and tests.
4. Standardized reading test OR Comparable untimed
reading test or selections.
L.
Library Resources:
Students will complete practice activities related to
and/or housed in the Learning Resources Center.
Students may also complete exercises on the
Townsend Press web site.
M.
Topical Outline:
I. Comprehension Strategies
A. How reader approaches text
1. Background knowledge
2. Monitoring/self checking comprehension
(metacognitive strategies)
3. Inferential thinking/critical reading
B.
How writer writes
1. Paragraphs – topic, main idea, supporting
details
2. Organizational patterns
3. Transition devices
4. Articles – topic controlling idea, organization
of main thoughts
II.
Vocabulary
A. Context clues
B. Affixes & roots
C. Glossary and dictionary skills
III. Study Skills
A. Notetaking – listening – lectures
EN010 outline
-4B. Reading – Study System, e.g. PRWR
1. Prereading strategies
2. Reading strategies
3. Text marking, underlining, summaries
4. Review/study
5. Test preparation, management, and test
taking
IV. Rate
A. Timed Readings
B. Strategies to improve and adjust rates
C. Monitoring gross and efficiency rates
N.
Prepared by:
Leslie Scalise, 2009
EN011 outline
-1ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE
A.
Unit Code & Course Title:
EN 011 College Reading and Study Skills II
B.
Curriculum:
English
C.
Catalog Description:
A course to further improve the student’s
reading and study skills. Content includes
practice in comprehension, speed, vocabulary,
listening, notetaking and test-taking. This
course does not apply toward an associate
degree.
D.
Duration of
Instructional Period:
E.
Academic Credit Hours:
F.
Suggested Texts/
Course Materials:
One hundred fifty minutes per week
Fifteen weeks
3.0 contact hours; 3.0 non degree credits
Langan, John. Ten Steps to Advancing College
Reading Skills. 5th ed. West Berlin, NJ:
Townsend Press, 2010.
Nist, Sherrie, et. al. Improving Vocabulary
Skills, Short Version, 4TH ed. West Berlin, NJ:
Townsend Press, 2009.
Spargo, Edward. Timed Readings – Book 7, 3rd
ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1989.
G.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student
will be able to:
1. Demonstrate reading efficiency utilizing
strategies to maintain adequate comprehension
on tenth grade level expository prose.
2. Identify topic, main idea, details,
organizational patterns and transition devices
EN011 outline
-2in paragraphs and articles written at tenth
grade level.
3. Recognize common affixes and roots as an
aid to increase vocabulary.
4.
Use context clues to find or infer word
meanings in sentences and paragraphs.
5. Use dictionary to discover or confirm the
pronunciation, spelling and meaning of words.
6. Combine listening strategies and
notetaking skills to take complete and useable
lecture notes.
7. Apply SQRRR or another study system to
a textbook chapter written at least at tenth
grade level.
8. Demonstrate ability to adjust reading rate
to purpose and nature of material in order to
maintain appropriate comprehension.
9. Describe test management strategies that
are appropriate before, during, and after test
sessions.
10. In order to exit developmental reading, the
student will be able to meet stated objectives
on material at a minimum tenth grade reading
level.
H.
Program Competencies:
NA
I.
SUNY General Education
Ten Knowledge Areas:
NA
EN011 outline
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ECC Graduate
Learning Outcomes:
K.
Assessment of
Student Learning:
1.
2.
Communicate effectively (outcomes #1-#4)
Read and think critically (outcomes #1-#4)
Success in meeting course objectives will be
measured by student’s level of competency on:
1. Rate and comprehension activities based on
ninth and tenth grade expository prose.
2. Application of a SQ3R study system or
another study system to an instructor
selected textbook chapter or article OR
Criterion referenced exams on the parts
of/or the whole study system.
3. Quizzes and tests.
4. Standardized reading test OR comparable
untimed reading test or selections.
L.
Library Resources:
Students will complete practice activities
related to course outcomes in the Learning
Resources Center. (LRC) Additionally,
students will complete exercises on the
Townsend Press web site both I the Learning
Resource Center and off campus.
M.
Topical Outline:
I. Comprehension Strategies
A. How writer writes
1. Paragraphs – topic, main thought,
supporting details
2. Organizational Patterns
3. Transition devices
4. Articles – topic controlling idea,
organization of main thoughts
B. How reader approaches text
1. Background knowledge
EN011 outline
-42. Monitoring/self-checking
comprehension (metacognitive
strategies)
3. Inferential thinking/critical reading
II.
Vocabulary
A. Context clues
B. Affixes & roots
C. Glossary and dictionary skills
III.
Study Skills
A. Notetaking – listening – lectures
B. Reading – Study System, e.g. SQRRR
1. Prereading strategies
2. Reading strategies
3. Text marking, underlining, summaries
4. Review/study
5. Test preparation, management, and test
taking
IV. Rate
A. Timed Readings
B. Strategies to improve and adjust rates
C. Monitoring gross and efficiency rates
N.
Prepared by:
Mary E. Lyons
EN 013
ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE OUTLINE
A.
Unit Code & Course Title:
EN 013 College Reading
B.
Curriculum:
English
C.
Catalog Description:
A course to increase the student’s reading
skills to a level appropriate for college success.
D.
Duration of
Instructional Period:
E.
Academic Credit Hours:
F.
Suggested Texts/
Course Materials:
G.
Course Outcomes:
One hundred fifty minutes per week
Fifteen weeks
3.0 contact hours; 3.0 non degree credits
Langan, John. Ten Steps to Advancing College
Reading Skills. 5th ed. West Berlin, NJ:
Townsend Press, 2010.
Upon completion of this course, the student
will be able to:
1. Demonstrate reading efficiency utilizing
strategies to maintain adequate comprehension
on tenth grade level expository prose.
2. Identify topic, main idea, details,
organizational patterns and transition devices
in paragraphs and articles written at tenth
grade level.
3. Increase vocabulary skills through a
combination of strategies such as recognition of
common affixes and roots, and utilizing context
clues to find or infer word meanings in sentences
and paragraphs.
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4. Demonstrate ability to adjust reading rate
to purpose and nature of material in order to
maintain appropriate comprehension.
5. Apply the above techniques to a range of
different textual materials beyond those
exercises given in a standard reading text.
H.
Program Competencies:
NA
I.
SUNY General Education
Ten Knowledge Areas:
NA
J.
ECC Learning Outcomes:
K.
Assessment of
Student Learning:
1.
2.
Communicate effectively
Read and think critically
Success in meeting course objectives will be
measured by student’s level of competency on:
1. Comprehension activities based on
tenth grade expository prose.
2. Quizzes and tests.
3. Short writing assignments reflecting a
student’s ability to summarize and interpret
basic texts.
4. An exit exam, the format to be determined
by a committee of developmental reading
faculty and reviewed on a regular basis, used
as a summative assessment tool as well as an
assessment of the individual student. This
exam may be used in conjunction with a pretest to yield value-added data. The exam
should be heavily weighted, but is not
necessarily the only factor in a successful
student outcome for the course.
L.
Library Resources:
Students will complete practice activities
related to course outcomes in the Learning
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Resources Center. (LRC) In addition, an
introduction to information management
section of the course may be inserted at the
discretion of the instructor.
M.
I. Comprehension Strategies (mandatory)
Topical Outline:
A. How writer writes
1. Paragraphs – topic, main thought,
supporting details
2. Organizational Patterns
3. Transition devices
4. Articles – topic controlling idea,
organization of main thoughts
B. How reader approaches text
1. Background knowledge
2. Monitoring/self-checking
comprehension (metacognitive
strategies)
3. Inferential thinking/critical reading
II.
Vocabulary (mandatory)
A. Context clues
B. Affixes & roots
C. Glossary and dictionary skills
III.
Study Skills (incorporated at discretion of
instructor)
A. Notetaking – listening – lectures
B. Reading – Study System, e.g. SQRRR
1. Prereading strategies
2. Reading strategies
3. Text marking, underlining, summaries
4. Review/study
5. Test preparation, management, and test
taking
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IV. Information Management (incorporated at
discretion of instructor)
A. Finding appropriate materials: library and
internet search skills
B. Evaluating materials: comprehension level,
relevance, author bias and reliability
C. Applying materials: summarizing and
presenting reports
N.
Prepared by:
Sabrina L. Caine, 2012