CST:SPUAJ001 Academic reading for LD I - Course Information

SPUAJ001 Academic reading for students with learning differences

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jana Kollárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (lecturer)
Mgr. Ilja Rajdová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Contact Person: Mgr. Ilja Rajdová
Supplier department: Support Centre for Students with Special Needs

Timetable of Seminar Groups

SPUAJ001/Skupina_A: Tue 21. 2. to Mon 22. 5. Tue 9:00–10:35 106, J. Kollárová
SPUAJ001/Skupina_B: Thu 23. 2. to Mon 22. 5. Thu 14:30–16:05 108, M. Oplatková Plocková

Prerequisites

SOUHLAS
Command of English – B1 level (secondary school level and higher)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/8, only registered: 0/8, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/8

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The aim of the course is to equip students with learning differences with skills and strategies that would enable them to cope better with reading texts in academic English. Students will get acquainted with different learning styles, different methods of reading, but also with word formation, text structures that will promote understanding of the text and thus work with them more effectively.

Syllabus

• Unit 1: Learning styles, strategies, types and characteristic features of specialized/academic texts
• Unit 2: Working with texts, different ways/techniques/methods of reading (intensive, extensive, skimming, scanning, sources and programmes on the Internet)
• Unit 3: Word classes and their relations, sentence structures, word order in affirmative, negative sentences and questions (practice, various types of reading tasks – fill in, gap fill, word formation, collocations)
• Unit 4: Structure of texts, paragraphs and their arrangement, study skills (practice with various specialized types of texts)
• Unit 5: Loud and silent reading, pronunciation
• Unit 6: Reading tasks, test strategies, practising various test reading tasks

Literature

recommended literature
• FOLSE, Keith S., Elena Vestri SOLOMON and David CLABEAUX. Great writing. From great paragraphs to great essays. Third edition. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2015, xv, 248. ISBN 9781285750613. info
• LANGAN, John. College writing skills with readings. Ninth edition. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2014, xxx, 770. ISBN 9780078036279. info
• FOLSE, Keith S., April MUCHMORE-VOKOUN and Elena Vestri SOLOMON. Great writing. Great essays. Fourth edition. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2014, xv, 210. ISBN 9781285750620. info
• FOLSE, Keith S., April MUCHMORE-VOKOUN and Elena Vestri SOLOMON. Great writing. Great paragraphs. Fourth edition. Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning, 2014, xvi, 302. ISBN 9781285750606. info
• BOUCHARD, Margaret. Comprehension strategies for English language learners : 30 research-based reading strategies that help students read, understand, and really learn content from their textbooks and other nonfiction materials. New York: Scholastic, 2005, 128 stran. ISBN 0439554284. info

Teaching methods

interactive language seminar

Assessment methods

Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, final reading comprehension credit test, students need to score at least 70%.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• SPUAJ002 Academic writing for LD 2

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
  
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