This basic skills course helps students whose reading skills need improvement in order to cope with the demands of college course work. Instruction in the full semester course emphasizes vocabulary, comprehension and study skills. This course is not counted toward graduation. It is a required course for entering students who do not pass the Rowan University Basic Skills competency in reading requirement. This basic skills quarter course aids students who need to refine their reading skills.
Instruction emphasizes the efficient use of reading skills, necessary for success in college.
This course is not counted toward graduation. It is a required course for entering students who do not pass the Rowan University Basic Skills competency in reading requirement. Foundations of Reading A basic understanding of the reading process and its relationship to the other language arts is the focus of this course. Topics pertaining to reading instruction in the elementary school, ranging from emergent literacy to comprehension of narrative and expository discourse are covered. There is an emphasis on strategies for teaching word recognition skills, vocabulary and guided reading lessons.