PdF:AJB_ARS Academic Reading Skills - Course Information

AJB_ARS Academic Reading Skills

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová

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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE)
• Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Primary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization English Language)
• Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English (programme PdF, B-ZS)

Course objectives

The Academic Skills: Reading course is designed to help students with using library and computer-based resources, reading academic texts effectively and efficiently and taking notes from reference books. The course introduces the techniques of skimming, scanning and searching a text, and critical reading, and encourages learners to reflect on their current reading strategies. Additional aims of the course are to help students build academic vocabulary and to provide them with practice in logging sources.

Syllabus

• 1.Reading strategies. Reading efficiency and reading speed. 2.Surveying a book/ journal. Using an index. 3.Looking up books/journals in a library catalogue. Creating a bibliography list. 4.Contextualizing a text. Using schemata knowledge. 5.Note-taking. Understanding terminology. 6.Reading for specific information. Scanning and skimming a text. 7.Careful reading. Identifying genre and text structure. Connecting ideas. 8.Excerpting citations. 9.Understanding tables and figures. Summarizing a text. 10.Critical reading. Comparing viewpoints.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
  
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