AJB_ARS Academic Reading Skills

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
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
Aaron Marc Collier, B.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
Advanced level of English
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
Course objectives
The Academic 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.
The main objectives of the course are to help students understand the dialogic nature of academic fiscourse, to interpret and be able to explain adequately the meaning of the texts, to encourage them to use the appropriate level of formality, to extend their academic vocabulary and to provide them with practice in logging sources.
Furthermore, the course endeavours to prepare students for State exams based on reading compulsory literature.
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.
Literature
  • GLENDINNING, Eric H. and Beverly A. S. HOLMSTRÖM. Study reading : a course in reading skills for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 159 s. ISBN 9780521547765. info
  • WALLACE, Michael J. Study skills in English : a course in reading skills for academic purposes. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 208 s. ISBN 0521533856. info
  • DAVIES, Lynn. Study skills for teacher training. London: [S.n.], 1995, 105 s. ISBN 0-333-59671-4. info
Assessment methods
Block teaching sessions. Compulsory attendance (80%).
Preparation includes reading longer texts to be discussed in groups in contact sessions and language practice online with exersices for AWL.
Performance during the sessions is the main critearion for getting the credit.
3 written tests.
Students should also hand in 5 written assignments.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 2 dopolední bloky, v pondělí 2.3. a v pátek 15.5.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=946
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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