Planning an online reading course...

1. Group number 4

2.  Gustavo Ramirez (Coordinator)
 Marvin Ernesto Ortiz
 Veronica Del Carmen Enamorado
 Tatiana Gonzales

3.  Reading in English for beginners and intermediate
level

4.  This course will be taught to the people who are
learning English from basic to intermediate level and
they wish to increase their Reading abilities, in order
to understand and analyze what they are reading in
English, and at the same time, to reinforce areas where
they consider are lacking of.

5.  The students will be able to read and understand the
content by practicing different reading strategies.

6.  Unit 1
The Students will be able to develop strategies for effectively locating
information in texts.
 Unit 2
The students will be able to recognize the main point of the text by
analyzing how to do it.
 Unit 3
The students will be able to make connections between reading and
writing tasks in related subject-specific texts.
 Unit 4
The students will be able to read subject area texts more independently.

7.  Unit 5
The students will be able to recognize the text organization.
 Unit 6
The students will develop greater awareness that texts can be understood
on more than one level.
 Unit 7
The students will be able to improve reading speed by using the
skimming and scanning techniques by practicing in texts and books.
 Unit 8
The students will read course-related materials, analyze content and
remember important information and concepts.
 Unit 9
The students will be able to summarize important ideas, concepts and
information.

8.  6. Contents and units:
 1 –Previewing a Text

9.  6. Contents and units:
 2- Finding Signal Words

10.  6. Contents and units:
 3- Recognizing the main idea

11.  6. Contents and units:
 4- Using Context to Find Meaning

12.  6. Contents and units:
 5 - Understanding text organization

13.  6. Contents and units:
 6- Reading between the Lines (Inferences)

14.  6. Contents and units:
 7- The use of skimming and scanning techniques

15.  6. Contents and units:
 8- Making Notes

16.  6. Contents and units:
 9- Drawing Conclusions (I Read/I Think/Therefore)

17.  7- Bibliography:
 www.eslgold.com/reading/comprehension.html
 www.Ic.ust.hk/sac/advice/english/reading/RI.htm
 www.eslgold.com/reading/techniques.html
 www.eslgold.com/reading/tips.html
 http://elt.heinle.com/cgi-telt/courseproducts