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Reading
School of Language and Literature To contact instructors, click on their names to get the email addresses of full-time professors or the appropriate school contact information for adjunct faculty. RDG 52 BASIC READING - 4 Units [Recommended Preparation: ESL 50 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College ESL Assessment or equivalent.] Improves student's basic reading skills. Focuses on the specialized needs of the ESL and developmental student. Provides effective strategies for reading: vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and critical thinking skills at the fourth grade level. (Same as ESL 52.) [ND]
RDG 54 DEVELOPMENTAL READING - 4 Units [Prerequisite: RDG 52 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College Reading Assessment or equivalent.] Provides for the development of basic reading skills at the 6th grade level which include application of effective reading strategies, vocabulary development, identification of main ideas, supporting details, patterns of organization, critical thinking skills, the reading-writing connection, study strategies, and technical skills. [ND]
RDG 56 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE READING - 4 Units [Prerequisite: RDG 54 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College Reading Assessment or equivalent.] Stresses comprehension of intermediate-level reading selections. Focuses on vocabulary development, identification of main ideas; supporting details, inferences, fact and opinion, patterns of organization; critical thinking skills; writing about reading selections; and application of study skills. [ND]
RDG 158 COLLEGE READING - 3 Units [Prerequisite: RDG 9 or the equivalent skill level as determined by the Southwestern College Reading Assessment or equivalent.] Focuses on critical thinking and the analytical interpretation of the following college discourse modes and genres: narration (fiction and nonfiction), argumentation, persuasion, exposition and poetry. Integrates the reading of college-level material with writing and critical thinking assignments. [D; CSU]
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