Reading 2 T. Nouf AlBattah

Instructor’s information - Nouf AlBattah - Office No. 62B Website : http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/Pages/home.aspx Email : nalbattah1@ksu.edu.sa

:Important notes 1- class participation grades will be assigned on the basis of attentiveness and interaction. 2- use of mobiles in class is strictly forbidden. 3- No makeup exams for midterms unless you have medical report. 4- Be punctual, late comers will be marked absent. 5- if your absence exceed 25% you will be deprived from attending the final exam.

Interactions 2 Gold edition Text Book Interactions 2 Gold edition Pamela Hartmann Elaine Kirn

The Reading comprehension course seeks to foster the following skills: -Skimming -Scanning -Intensive reading -Extensive reading - Writing a summary

Sub skills and strategies - Making predictions - Varying reading speeds - Understanding word meaning by relying on immediate context in the text - Understanding word meaning by relying on overall meaning in the text - Recognizing main ideas - Making inferences - Discovering writer’s point of view

1st interm : 25 2nd interm : 25 Project : 5 Classwork : 5 Final : 40 Grades Distribution 1st interm : 25 2nd interm : 25 Project : 5 Classwork : 5 Final : 40

1st Exam Week 7 - Monday - Oct.24 2nd Exam Week 13 - Monday - Dec.12

What are the steps that you have to follow before and during reading a text??

1- Read the title. 2- Analyzing the feature of the text , finding organizational pattern. 3- skimming : Read the passage quickly to get general idea , also to pick up the key words that tell you Who, what, when, where , how many….?

Pause after you read a section of a text. Then : 4- Take notes : Why ???? A/To maintain attentiveness while you read. B/ To focus your attention. C/ To familiarize your self with primary and secondary material on a given subject. D/ To provide you with a summary of the material. 5- Summaries : Pause after you read a section of a text. Then : put what you’ve read into your own words.

Discussion

1- What are the difficulties that you encounter in reading an English text? 2- What are the things that you want to improve , …things you still have weakness in and you need to improve ?