Second Year (Extensive) Reading Course Outline
Course Description
The aim of this course is to develop the students’ reading fluency and vocabulary/grammar
acquisition through inference using a wide variety of books and subtitled films which provide
authentic settings, cultural context and varied language. This is accomplished by lowering theaffective filter (impediment to language production caused by anxiety or boredom) andencouraging self-monitoring (self-correction in language production by applying the learned rulesof vocabulary and grammar). The course is designed to be a motivating and interactive
experience for students with the purpose of maximizing language retention. Students are allowed
to choose what they watch depending on their interests and materials may be slightly above thelinguistic competence of the students in terms of vocabulary and grammar.
Learning OutcomesStudents will be able to use context to arrive at approximate meanings for unfamiliar words orexpressions.
Students will develop confidence and motivation in reading.
Students will become more familiar with informal speech and idioms used in authentic settingsand cultural contexts.
Students’ reading fluency, vocabulary and grammar acquisition will be enhanced.
Students will be able to share personal reactions to and opinions about the films.
Students will be able to answer questions about the material they read.
Students will show improvement in listening comprehension and decoding skills.
Course Content
Introduction to using subtitled materials in the classVideo Journal
Reading Diary
Reports
Grading Criteria
Video Journal (Vocabulary building, acquiring useful phrases, preparing short skits, etc.)
40%
In-class tests
20%
Summer/Winter homework
20%
Presentations
20%

Second Year Reading (Skills) Class Outline
Course Description
This course is designed to develop intermediate academic reading skills such as summarising,skimming, scanning, inferring and predicting. Students will improve reading ability throughvocabulary enrichment, reading comprehension exercises and reading strategies. Students will read
selections from will use authentic materials from the textbook or short newspaper/magazine articles,
restaurant menus, timetables, movie reviews, book reviews, advertisements, letters, guidebooks,
shopping catalogues, weather forecasts or other assigned readings.
Students will learn level-appropriate grammar and demonstrate the ability to scan for specificinformation and skim for gist. Students will become more effective and efficient readers.

Learning Outcomes• Students will be able to locate specific information within a text and make inferences, draw
conclusions and predict outcomes• Students will be able to demonstrate scanning ability through various comprehension exercises
such as T/F, multiple choice sentence selection, sentence completion exercises, filling in thegaps in a summary, etc.

• Students will be able demonstrate understanding through skimming.
• Students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking skills and express opinions about thematerials they have studied through written assignments or group discussions.

Course Content• Reading Strategies• Prediction• Skimming for gist/main ideas• Scanning for information• Summarising• Vocabulary Development

Grading Criteria
Vocabulary Assignments
Reading Comprehension Assignments
Quizzes
Mid-Term Exam
Final Exam

15%
20%
10%
25%
30%

Required Course Materials• Textbook• Reading Explorer 3 (3rd edition) by Nancy Douglas and David Bohlke• Notebook