ENGL101 DEVELOPMENT OF READING AND WRITING SKILLS I
| Course Code: |
3590101 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
4(4-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
| Department: |
Modern Languages (english) |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Lecturer SEYHAN ÖZMENEK |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The course reinforces academic reading skills (finding the main idea. skimming. scanning. inferring information. guessing vocabulary from context. etc.) through reading selections on a variety of topics. It also aims at developing critical thinking. which enables students to respond to the ideas in a well organized written format. Other reading related writing skills such as paraphrasing and summarizing are also dealt with.
