EL 110 Effective College Reading

This course develops students’ ability to monitor, apply and adjust a variety of reading strategies for increased comprehension of academic texts. It introduces discipline-specific study methods to help students successfully read course materials, think critically, navigate information technology in their subject area, and develop rich academic vocabulary.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Apply prior knowledge to aid in the integration and retention of new information
2. Monitor and evaluate his/her growth as an active reader
3. Apply appropriate reading strategies to college-level discipline-specific texts
4. Vary reading strategies and reading rate according to the level of difficulty of the material
5. Identify and use patterns of organizations in college-level material and other discipline-specific texts to aid in comprehension
6. Employ various techniques to recognize, define, and use new or unfamiliar vocabulary to maximize reading comprehension and expand readers’ vocabulary
7. Evaluate author's credibility
8. Organize and/or synthesize information from college-level reading materials into usable notes and/or study materials
9. Mark text selectively, ask questions of the text, respond to the text, and summarize the text