355201

Firstsemester,2007

CourseSyllabus
1. Facultyof Humanities

DepartmentofForeignLanguages

2. CourseCodeandName 355201: FundamentalEnglishReading(3credits)

3.CourseDescription
PracticeinsilentreadingfordirectcomprehensioninEnglishwithoutrestingonmental
orverbaltranslation.Theartofreadingaloudandthetechniquesofvocabularyexplanationwillbe
included.
4.CourseObjectives
Thiscoursewillprovidethestudentwithafoundationinthereadingstrategiesnecessary
tosucceedinEnglishreadingcomprehension.Uponcompletingthecourse,thestudentshouldbe
ableto:
skimandscanquicklytogetgeneralideasandspecificdetai ls
recognizestatedandimpliedmainideas
locatethereferencewordorphraseinthepassage
analyzewordpartsandpredictmeaningofunknownwords
usecontextcluestoguessmeaningofunfamiliarwords
useadictionarymoreeffectively
drawconclusionsandmakegeneralizationsaboutthetext
developtheabilitytoreadandthinkanalytically
5. CourseOutline
Thecoursewillbebasedonthe355201textbookthatarrangesthematerialinto7units
including:
Skill1
Skimmingandscanning
Skill5
Contextclues
Skill2
FindingMainidea
Skill6
Dictionaryskills
Skill3
Referenceandellipsis
Skill7
Recognizingimplications
Skill4
Analyzewordstructure
6.TeachingStrategies
6.1
SRAreadinglaboratoryisusedaspartofextensivereading.
6.2
Classactivitiesincludelecture,individualwork,pairwork,orgroupwork.
7.TeachingMaterials
3.1
Wilawan, Sujunya (2004). Fundamental English Reading (ENG 355201).
Bangkok:KasetsartUniversity.
3.2
Wehmeier,Sally(Ed.)(2000).OxfordAdvancedLearnersDictionary(6th ed.).Oxford:
OxfordUniversityPress.
8. CourseRequirements
8.1
MidtermExam
8.2FinalExam
8.3Quizzes
8.4
SRAAssignments

40
40
10
10
Total

100

9.Evaluation
The course grades will be determined on the basis of the normal distribution approach.
(gradingonthecurve).

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10.Officeandofficehours
Instructors
Assist.Prof.Dr.NongnuchSriussadaporn
Sujunya Wilawan
Prathana Siwathaworn
Namthip Thanikkul
Piwat
Hitakorn

Office
Hum.207
Hum.207
Hum.201
Hum.601
Hum.305

OfficeHours
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11.References
Textbooks,journalsandprintedmaterialsofanykind.
12.TentativeSchedule

Week
Week12
Jun.415

Week34
June.1829

Contents
Orientation
IntroductiontoSRAreading
laboratory
Assessingthestudentslevel
Skimming&Scanning
SRAreadingassignment
FindingMainIdeas
SRAreadingassignment

Week56
Jul.213

ReferenceandEllipsis
SRAreadingassignment

Week7
Jul.1620
Week9
Jul.30Aug.3
Week1011
Aug.617

Revision
SRAreadingassignment

Week8(Jul.2327)
(Graduation)

MidtermExam

***Thursday,Aug.2***
8.1510.15

Week1213
Aug.2031
Week1415
Sep.314
Week16
Sep.1721

AnalyzeWordStructure
SRAreadingassignment
ContextClues
ContextClues
SRAreadingassignment
DictionarySkills
DictionarySkills
SRAreadingassignment
RecognizingImplications
RecognizingImplications
Revision
SRAreadingassignment

Week17
Sep.24Oct.5

FinalExam

Activities
lecture
individualwork
pairwork

Remark

lecture
individualwork
pairwork
lecture
individualwork
pairwork

Quiz1:FindingMainIdeas

lecture
individualwork
pairwork
lecture
individualwork
pairwork
lecture
individualwork
pairwork
individualwork
pairwork

Quiz2:Reference&Ellipsis

Quiz3:WordStructure

Quiz4:ContextClues

Quiz5:DictionarySkills

***Wednesday,Sep.26***
9.0011.00

SujunyaWilawan
CourseCoordinator

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MidtermExaminationOutline
PartI:ReadingSkills(20points)
I.SkimmingandScanning(6points)
A.

Readthebriefnewsarticles,thenwritethelettera,b,c,ordforthebestheadlineon
theanswersheet.(3points)

B.

Readtheadvertisementsandtheinformationofeachpersonsneed.Thenmatchthe
needwiththeplacethateachpersonshouldgoto.(3points)

II.FindingMainIdeas(7points)
A.

Choosethesentencethatbeststatesthemainidea.(5points)

B.

Readthepassages,thenwritethestatementsthatexpressthemainideas.(2points)

III.ReferenceandEllipsis(7points)
Lookattheunderlinedwordsintheexcerpts,thenexplainwhattheyreferto.

PartII:ReadingComprehension (20points)
Readthepassages,thenanswerthequestions.(20points)

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FinalExaminationOutline
PartI:ReadingSkills(20points)
I.AnalyzeWordStructure (6points)
A.

Puttheletteroftheappropriatedefinitionnexttoeachword.(3points)

B.Completethetextwiththeappropriateformofthewords.(3points)
II.ContextClues(7points)
Usethecontexttohelpyoudecidethemeaningofthewordinboldprint.
III.DictionarySkills(7points)
A.

Lookatthedictionaryentriesandanswerthequestions.(pointeach)

B.

Readthearticle,thenanswerthequestionsthatfollow,usingthedictionaryentries
provided.(pointeach)

PartII:ReadingComprehension (20points)
Readthepassages,thenanswerthequestions.(20points)

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355201: FundamentalEnglishReading

Nongnuch (2)

MWF800900

Hum101

Prattana(2)

10001100

LH2305

Namthip(3)

11001200

LH2207

Piwat

11001200

LH2303

Sujunya(2)

TTH800930

Hum509

Prattana

9.301100

LH2205

Namthip

11001230

Hum611

400

Namthip

MF14301600

401

Nongnuch

TTH14301600

495

Sujunya

TTH14301600

LH2304