EAP 0090 English for Academic Purposes: Advanced Reading and Oral Communication
Course Information
| Course Number | EAP 0090 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | English for Academic Purposes: Advanced Reading and Oral Communication |
| Description | This course is equivalent to READ 0090 for multilingual students whose first language is not English. It offers a step-by-step approach to building the academic reading, listening, and study skills needed to successfully comprehend college-level textbook readings and lectures, take notes, and prepare for tests. Students apply what they learn to excerpts of college-level textbook readings and excerpts of actual videotaped lectures from SCC courses. Students also work on vocabulary acquisition through the study of academic words typically found in college-level reading materials. Special attention is given to increasing reading speed, navigating online learning management systems, and accessing student and academic support services. (Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in either READ 0080 or EAP 0080, or determination of the EAP coordinator using multiple assessment measures). |
| Total Credits | 4 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Individualized | 4 Credits, 64 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in either READ 0080 or EAP 0080, or determination of the EAP coordinator using multiple assessment measures.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Activate and build on background knowledge and prior learning.
- Preview and predict the content of academic lectures and readings.
- Listen and read for the main idea.
- Listen and read for supporting details.
- Think critically about lectures and readings.
- Utilize a variety of strategies for coping with new vocabulary.
- Read and correctly interpret statistics in prose, graphs, and tables.
- Use grammar, context, and background knowledge to guess meaning.
- Increase reading speed in order to cope with the reading demands of academic courses.
- Learn, practice, and apply a variety of academic study skills.
- Learn, practice, and apply lecture and reading note-taking techniques.
- Utilize a variety of methods for preparing for tests.
- Navigate D2L and online resources.
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
Additional information and forms can be found at: southcentral.edu/disability
This material can be made available in alternative formats by contacting the Academic Support Center at 507-389-7222.