English Reading Comprehension Course By Blanca Judith Salazar

Items Reasons to learn English (or another language) Topics Reading Materials Classroom Policies Grading Final project Questions and Answers

Reasons to Learn English Enhance your travel experiences Languages are beautiful Join the global community It’s just plain sexy Challenging yourself Competitive edge Economic development National security Cultural understanding Diversity Academic benefits Enhanced career opportunities To better understand the rest of humankind To express things that are difficult to express in your native language To better understand your own language and culture Friendship To find your future husband/wife To become someone else Getting in touch with your roots Studying abroad

Theoric learning Grammar Structure: subject-verb-complement Verb Tenses Vocabulary Comprehension Skills: scanning, skimming, topic, main idea, paragraphs, guessing, etc. Word Formation: preffixes, sufixes, roots. False Cognates Modal Verbs Pronouns

Formative learning Commitment Pleasure Responsibility Enjoyness Punctuality Authonomy Ethic

Reading Materials Articles from: books, magazines, news, internet songs, a movie

Policies classroom Turn off or silence your celphone Participation Punctuality

Requirements Have a goal Hardworking Responsibility Commitment Hapiness Money for investment

Proverb The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. [Futurist]