WeCWI Enterprise: Be an Academic Reader

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Course Details:

• 14 sessions
• 2 hours per session
• Blended learning mode
• Task-based assessments

Course Structure:

Session 1

• Skimming and scanning (online video)
• Exercise 1 (skimming)
• Exercise 2 (scanning)
• Exercise 3 (skimming and scanning)

Session 2

• Interpreting word's meaning (online video)
• Exercise 1 (context clues)
• Exercise 2 (dictionary)

Session 3

• Identifying main idea, implied main idea, and supporting details (online videos)
• Exercise 1 (topic and stated main idea)
• Exercise 2 (implied main idea)
• Exercise 3 (implied main idea)
• Exercise 4 (supporting details)
• Exercise 5 (supporting details)

Session 4

• Making inference and conclusion (online videos)
• Exercise 1 (inference)
• Exercise 2 (conclusion)

Session 5

• Identifying fact and opinion (online video)
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2