Syllabus
Course Code: 831 Course Name: Reading and Reflecting on Text. |
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MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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1 | 1.Text and Reading Types of Texts: General: Literary or non-literary; Narrative, expository, technical & persuasive. Education: Descriptive, conceptual, historical, policy documents, narrative texts, expository texts, ethnographies. 2. Text and Reflection • Text structure, language, genre, context, socio-cultural diversity. • Reflection in Reading: Pre-reading, Post-reading. • Previews the text and make predictions, makes connections to personal experience or other texts, asks clarifying questions, identify difficult sentences or passages, restates in own words, reacts to the text by using language laboratory. |
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2 | 3. Communicative Reader-Interactive reading(Individual and groups)
Concept and relevance of communicative reader. 4. Expressive Reflections a) Concept of reflective writing b) Critical appreciation of the text: Note taking, critically reviewing the text. |