READING COMPREHENSION (RC)

Course Description:

‘Reading Comprehension’ is a course addressed to first-year FILA and EFL students. The course exposes students to texts of different types and sizes followed by intensive assignments. The course is divided into three main sequences each sequence is made of three texts to be explored intensively under the teachers’ supervision. These are Literary English, Economic Themes in English Literature, and Legal English. It is worth noting that each sequence ends up with extensive reading assignments dedicated to the practice of reading mainly.

Course Objectives:

-          Reading different types of materials

-          Practice guided-intensive reading

-          Learn and practise reading strategies

-          Practice extensive reading.

Prerequisites:

-          Reading diverse materials

-          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 Two: 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%) 

-          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.