Units: 3

Prerequisite: None

A reading course for students needing to build vocabulary and enhance reading comprehension.  Recommended for students in English N50 and EMLS 055.

Units: 3

Prerequisite: None

Group instruction in basic reading skills including techniques for improving vocabulary and spelling, work attack skills, and reading comprehension. Not applicable to associate degree. Grade: CR/NC only.

Units: 3

Prerequisite: Reading N80B

Individualized instruction in vocabulary, comprehension, critical evaluation and reading rate. May be continued until three units are earned. Not applicable to associate degree. Grade: CR/NC only.

Units: 3

Prerequisite: None

Continued critical reading and development of background information needed for success in understanding texts, essays, and stores in a specific subject area such as literature, American history and government, geography, etc. Subject focus varies by semester. Related multi-cultural readings included. Grade: CR/NC only.

Units: 1

Prerequisite: None

Introduces a repertoire of reading strategies for the purpose of comprehending a specific college-level textbook. Review of fundamental reading strategies will provide the foundation for the development of vocabulary, thought pattern identification, outlining, interpretation of graphics, and critical analysis of a specific course's textbook(s). Grade: CR/NCR only.

Units: 3

Prerequisite: None

Introduces a repertoire of reading strategies aimed at preparing students for comprehension of complex college-level reading material. Advanced reading strategies provide the foundation of the development of critical reading and the recognition of patterns of academic thought. Reading strategies for specific disciplines, including the Social Sciences, Business Humanities and the Arts, Mathematics an the Natural Sciences are presented. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in English 061 or recommended.

Units: 3

Prerequisite: None

Emphasis on the development and application of reading skills in the interpretation, analysis, criticism and advocacy of ideas encountered in academic reading. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in English 101 recommended.