SPIR
School of Politics Science & IR
Course outline for (BS) Degree Program:
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Course Instructor:
MR.RIAZ LAGHARI
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Semester
SPRING
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Batch /Section
2015-2019
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Year
2016
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Course Title
Reading
Comprehension, Prose
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Credit Hour
03
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Pre-Requisite (s)
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Recommended
Books
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Selected Passages from Oxford Reader 4 for
Comprehension
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Selected Essays from St. Martin’s Model for
Writers, Boston, 2012
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Handouts of Reading Passages provided by
Instructor
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The Speed Reading Book, Tony Buzan, BBC,
2010
Course Objectives:
Besides overall training and improvement of reading
skills of students, the course intends to beef up several reading sub-skills as
well. On successful completion of the course the students will be able to:
(a) Comprehend the given text and answer the
questions based on the text;
(b) Learn how to read for specific information
and how to read for general information;
(c) Guess meaning of the unknown words and
sentences from the context using inferential strategies;
(d) Speed read the given text with maximum
comprehension;
(e) Summarize the given text in a correct way;
(f) Look for useful vocabulary items and
language expression while reading.
Course Contents
1: What
is Reading Comprehension?
2:
Reading comprehension passages
3: Oral
reading to an audience, oral reading to oneself
4:
Silent reading
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Avoiding bad reading habits e.g. loud reading for better understanding or
retention.
6:
Pre-Reading Techniques
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Skimming, reading for general information
8:
scanning, reading for specific information
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Develop Ability to Anticipate and Predict
10:
Vocabulary building through reading
11:
Common Organizational Patterns in texts
12:
Annotation and denotation
13:
Language and Style
14:
Prose, model essays for reading I
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Prose, model essays for reading II
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Prose, model essays for reading III
17:
Increasing Your Reading Speed - I
18:
Increasing Your Reading Speed – I
Course contents:
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Weeks
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Contents/topics
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1
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READING SKILLS
Reading skills
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Strategies
for improving reading speed and comprehension
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Skimming
,Scanning, Identifying reference items
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Recognizing
paragraph types( analysis, comparison & contrast, enumeration, examples
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2
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Identifying
main idea and topic sentence in paragraphs or short selections
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Recognizing
signal words
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3
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Reading
to make an summary of the given passage
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Reading
to make an outline of the given passage
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Identifying
main idea and topic sentence in paragraphs or short selections
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4
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Reading and appreciation of play
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5
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Reading
and appreciation of poetry
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6
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Reading and appreciation of drama
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7
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Reading
and appreciation of short story
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8
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Reading
and appreciation of novels
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9
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Prose
,model essay for reading I
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10
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Prose,
model essay for reading II
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11
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Prose,
model essay for reading III
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12
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Silent and oral reading to an audience or
to oneself
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Language
and style
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13
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Scanning
techniques for specific information
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14
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Vocabulary building for reading
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Annotation and Denotation
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Revision
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Grading Criterion:
Marks Distribution:
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Particulars
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%Marks
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1.
Assignments
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10
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2.
Quizzes
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7
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3.
First Sessional Exam
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10
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4.
Second Session Exam
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10
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5.
Projects
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13(2+2+3+6)
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6. Final Exam
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50
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Total
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100
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