1. Reading 2
T. Nouf AlBattah

2. Instructor’s information
- Nouf AlBattah
- Office No. 62B
Website :

3. :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.

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 1st Exam
Week Monday Oct.24
2nd Exam
Week Monday Dec.12

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

10. 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….?

11. 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.

12. Discussion

13. 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 ?