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Reading Comprehension Course Description

This document provides information about a Reading Comprehension and Precis 1 course offered during the Fall 2023 semester at Université Mohammed V de Rabat. The course aims to help students improve their reading skills and comprehension through techniques like scanning, skimming, and identifying main ideas and supporting details. It will be taught on Fridays by Instructor Islam El Kassimi and uses a variety of active learning methods like discussions, activities, and projects. Students will be evaluated based on attendance, assignments, a midterm, and a final exam.

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Reading Comprehension Course Description

This document provides information about a Reading Comprehension and Precis 1 course offered during the Fall 2023 semester at Université Mohammed V de Rabat. The course aims to help students improve their reading skills and comprehension through techniques like scanning, skimming, and identifying main ideas and supporting details. It will be taught on Fridays by Instructor Islam El Kassimi and uses a variety of active learning methods like discussions, activities, and projects. Students will be evaluated based on attendance, assignments, a midterm, and a final exam.

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Université Mohammed V de Rabat English Section

Ecole Normale Supérieure Academic year: 2023– 2024

Cycle de Licence d’Education


Fall 2023

Module one: Reading Comprehension and Precis 1


Fall 2015

Instructor: Islam El Kassimi


Email address: [email protected]
Class meetings: Group A: Friday: 08:30 – 10:30 Group B: 10:45 – 12:45
Venue: Room 1, Annexe Al Irfane

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims to help students improve their reading skills and comprehension abilities.

The course covers a variety of techniques and strategies to enhance reading efficiency and

understanding of diverse texts. The course starts with basic skills like scanning and

skimming and moves to more advanced strategies such as recognizing transitions between

sentences and paragraphs, as well as the use of idiomatic expressions and figures of speech.

By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the necessary tools to read and

understand texts more effectively, and become more critical and discerning readers.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Use scanning and skimming techniques to quickly identify relevant information


within a text.
• Apply previewing and predicting methods to get a sense of the text's content before
delving deeper.
• Identify the main topics, purpose, and perspective of various texts, enabling a
deeper understanding of context.
• Recognize and extract the main ideas within a given text.
• Identify major supporting ideas within a text and understand their significance.
• Identify minor supporting ideas, allowing for a more comprehensive understanding
of the text.
• Implement strategies for recognizing sentence transitions, aiding in the
understanding of the flow of ideas.

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• Implement strategies for recognizing paragraph transitions, and facilitating the
organization and structure of the text.
• Comprehend and effectively use idiomatic expressions and figures of speech,
improving the interpretation of figurative language.
• Understand and use prefixes and suffixes to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar
words and phrases.
• Apply strategies for paraphrasing effectively, aiding in the interpretation and
internalization of text content.
• Learn and practice techniques for summarizing, enabling students to concisely
capture the essence of a text.

COURSE CONTENT
This course covers the following:
Introduction:
1. Scanning and skimming techniques
2. Previewing and predicting
3. Identifying topics; purpose and perspective
4. Identifying the main ideas in the text
5. Identifying major supporting ideas in the text
6. Identifying minor supporting ideas in the text
7. Strategies for recognizing sentence transitions
8. Strategies for recognizing paragraph transitions
9. Understanding and using some Idiomatic expressions and
figures of speech
10. Understanding and using prefixes and suffixes to determine
meaning
11. Strategies for paraphrasing effectively
12. Learning and using the necessary techniques to summarize
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COURSE METHODOLOGY
A combination of different teaching methods will be used during each class session, such as:

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 Brainstorming  Reading texts for extra practice
 Interactive mini-lectures  Individual/Pair/ Group activities
 Powerpoint presentations  Language games & activities
 Video-viewing  Jigsaw Reading
 Graphic organizers  Team Reading projects
 Practicing reading comprehension
through the use of the assigned reading
course books

CLASSROOM POLICIES
A. Attendance and punctuality: Students are expected to come to class on time (or 5 minutes
earlier). Late students disrupt the class for both teacher and fellow students. No students
will be accepted in class after the 1st 10 minutes.
B. Preparedness and participation: Students are expected to come to class properly
prepared. This includes completing all assignments with effort and thought, and bringing
all necessary work and material to class. They are also expected to participate in all
classroom activities and online discussions.
C. Discipline, decorum, and academic freedom: Students are expected to be considerate of
one another, to allow everyone the chance to speak, and to treat others’ comments and
ideas with respect. Cellular phones are not to be used in class. They should either be
turned off or kept at a very low volume or on vibrate.
D. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the use of the ideas, or words of someone without
acknowledging their source. It is a form of cheating and is considered a serious
academic offense. Students must make sure to use their own words when writing their
assignments. Work that is plagiarized will automatically lead to a failing grade.

COURSE RESOURCES
Cheryl Pavlik, Hot Topics 2 ; Beatrice S. Mikulecky & Linda Jefferies, More Reading
Power; John Langan, Ten Steps To Improving College Reading Skills.

COURSE EVALUATION
Students will be assessed through:
a. Attendance, Punctuality, Participation 10 %
b. Quizzes, Tests, home/online assignments 25 %
c. Midterm 25 %
d. Final exam 40 %

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