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Welcome to ESL223-3 Academic Reading!
Idiom Answer Sheet: [|idioms a answers.pdf]


 * Announcements:**
 * St. Patrick's Day is Weds., March 17! [|Read about St. Patrick] Google "St. Patrick's Day Games" to find some fun word search games.
 * No class on Thursday, March 25!

Michigan State University English Language Center / English for Academic Purposes ESL 223: Academic Reading Spring 2010 Syllabus: [|ESL223_SS10_syllabus_Ramm.pdf]


 * Class Time & Classroom: Section 3 –Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-4:20 p.m. in C205 Wells Hall **
 * Instructor** : Laura Ramm-Christensen
 * Office Hours** : By appointment
 * E-mail** : rammchri@msu.edu

In this course, we will focus on developing the reading skills you will need for academic work with emphasis on the following skill areas: Dealing with unfamiliar vocabulary Improving reading speed Reading a text critically for understanding Summarizing and paraphrasing what you read Finding specific information in a text Making inferences and predictions from what you read //NOTE: The ELC policy is that students can only use NEW textbooks. The following are available at the bookstore in the International Center basement: // //Making Connections: A Strategic Approach to Academic Reading//. Kenneth J. Pakenham. 2nd edition. Cambridge UP, 2005. ISBN:0-521-54284-7 A large monolingual learner’s dictionary of English or an ESL dictionary (example: //Longman Advanced// //Dictionary of American English// ) //Things Fall Apart//. Chinua Achebe. Publisher: Anchor Books. ISBN:978-0-385-47454-2 You will also want to make sure you have the following: A three-ring binder, folders, and notebook paper Access to the Internet, Word or similar application, and a printer (MSU requires e-tokens for printing at public stations).
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