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Reading Course Comparison

Reading Placements

The following Reading course comparison chart can help you learn about the differences between READ 100, READ 90, AMLA 33R, and AMLA 32R.
 
READ 100:
Analysis and Critical Reading
READ 90:
Reading College Texts
AMLA 33R:  American Language Advanced Reading
AMLA 32R:  American Language Intermediate Reading
READ 100 is a critical reading course focusing on the effective use of critical thinking in a cross-disciplinary framework. The emphasis is on development of critical reading skills such as interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of a variety of academic texts across disciplines. READ 100 explores topics such as reader’s bias, author’s argument and reasoning, critical approaches to vocabulary, patterns of discourse, critical questioning, features of texts, and cross-disciplinary comprehension approaches.
 
 
READ 100 is CSU Transferable and satisfies GE Breadth Area A3 (Critical Thinking)
READ 90 examines cross-disciplinary college-level texts and applies critical reading and vocabulary strategies. The emphasis is on integration and synthesis of academic information through vocabulary acquisition, cross disciplinary textbook analysis, comprehension, and critical thinking as applied to all types of academic reading including digital texts. READ 90 explores topics such as content area vocabulary, identifying hierarchical structure of textbook information, schema building, and comprehension strategies for a variety of textbooks across disciplines.  
 
READ 90 is CSU Transferable
Advanced reading and vocabulary for non-native speakers of English is a course that focuses on reading strategies, reading rate, comprehension, guessing meaning, identifying figurative language, and summarizing. This class is designed to prepare and develop reading proficiency while nurturing metacognitive and critical thinking skills to prepare English language learners for college-level and transfer-level work.  Metacognitive skills include thinking about how we learn and critical thinking skills help us analyze, question, synthesize, and evaluate ideas.
 
Important Note:  This class fulfills the college's reading competency graduation requirement.
Intermediate reading and vocabulary for non-native speakers of English which focuses texts adapted for young readers or English Language Learners, main ideas and important details, reading and vocabulary strategies, reading fluency, and figurative language.