Our books and materials have been developed specifically for the needs of our clients. Error correction and specific feedback on your reading summaries and your critical analysis of the text will push you to improve. Our research-based instruction and skill-based curriculum will quickly lead to a noticeable increase in your ability to read at a high level in English. This course is for students who can read at an Intermediate, or B1 level of English. 

When reading a short passage of 700 - 800 words, by the end of this course, students will be able to produce the following learning outcomes:

• Identify the stated main ideas independently by answering open-ended questions which are related to the whole passage, using their own words.

• Identify major and minor details independently by answering factual information questions.

• Paraphrase by restating a paragraph in writing using different vocabulary and grammar.

• Summarize using notes to produce a written summary of 6-7 sentences by supplying the main ideas in their own words with important details.

• Make inferences (logical, informational) about unstated topics and main ideas, author’s purpose, and tone by answering questions that include the verbs “to imply”, “to suggest”, or “to infer” and that are related to the explicitly stated information in the passage.

• Interpret simple charts and graphs by answering open-ended questions.

• Take notes using SQ3R and Cornell methods.

• Select appropriate definitions of academic vocabulary and compose sentences utilizing them.

• Employ word analysis skills to determine the meaning of words with affixes.

• Use context to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in a text.

• Identify basic (personal) and more complex (relative, e.g. who/which, demonstrative, e.g. this/that, indefinite, e.g. each/none) pronouns and their corresponding referents.

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