The primary goal of the ESL Academic Reading Faculty is to help you become active readers , that is, readers and critical thinkers who are able not only to comprehend college reading materials, but to analyze and effectively interpret them as well. The essential strategies of active reading are presented in ESL 63, an intermediate academic reading course. ESL 65, an advanced course, explores those strategies in depth. Both courses are designed to develop enthusiastic, confident, successful readers who are ready for the challenges of college classes. As you know by now, college coursework can be complex and demanding.
Students are responsible for understanding and remembering vast amounts of reading material.
This program is not easy, but those students who complete it acquire a set of skills that will serve them well. The ESL Academic Reading Faculty takes great pleasure in welcoming you to our program.