2023/2024

University: University ofAbou-Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen

Faculty: Letters and Languages

Department:English

Module:Reading Comprehension (RC)

Level:1^st Year Students (L1)

Semester: One

Unit Type: UE Méthodologique

Coefficient:02

Credit:04

 

 

Class Meeting Time: Monday 14:30 to 16

Class Location: Room 02

Course Period: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Instructor Name: Dr. Assia BENETTAYEB

Email Address: benettayebassia@gmail.com

Office Hours: Thursday at 11:30.

 

 

Course Description:

‘Reading Comprehension’ is a course addressed to first year FILA and EFL students

Course Objectives:

-          Reading different types of materials

-          Practice guided-intensive reading

-          Learn and practise reading strategies

-          Practice extensive reading.

 

Prerequisites:

-          Reading

-          Reading skills

Course Programme (Outline):

Reading Comprehension ‘RC’.

Contents: 

I-    Sequence One: Literary English.

·         Text 1: Literature

·         Text 2: Literary Genres in Literature

·         Extensive Reading Assignments

 

II-           Sequence 2: Economic Themes in English Literature.

·         Text 1: Wealth of Nations

·         Text 2: Economic Literature

·         Extensive Reading Assignments

 

III-   Sequence Three: Legal English.

·         Text 1: Legal Business Company and Partnerships

·         Text 2: Company Capitalisation

·         Extensive Reading Assignments.

Classroom Policies:

-          Intensive reading of short to long selections.

-          Reading practice

-          Intensive assignments

Evaluation Method: The evaluation of students goes as follow:

-          Classroom evaluation (100%) Intensive +extensive works .

-          No exam.

Bibliography and Suggested Resources:

·         Akdere, Ҫ., & Baron, C. (Eds.). (2017). Economics and Literature: A Comparative and   Interdisciplinary Approach (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315231617.

·         Austen, J. (1813). Pride and Prejudice [Project Gutenberg eBook].

·         Dickens, C. (1854). Hard times: A novel (No. 192). Harper.

·         Gilmour, R. (2014). The Victorian period: the intellectual and cultural context of English literature, 1830-1890.  Routledge.

·         Krois-Lindner, A. (2006). International Legal English. Cambridge University Press.

·         Orwell, G. (1945). Animal Farm. Available at: Global Grey ebooks https://www. globalgreyebooks.com/animal-farm-ebook.html)

·          Roshni, D (2015). Literature. Available at:https://openurl.ebsco.com/EPDB%3 Agcd%3A7%3A2287    /detailv2?sid=ebsco%3Aplink%3 Ascholar&id=ebsco%3Agcd% 3 A 1 02555389&crl=c)

·         Sinclair, U. (1906). The Jungle. Available at: Project Gutenberg: ù=à0https:// www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/140).

·         Smith, A. (1950). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,(1776). http://metalibri.incubadora.fapesp.br.