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COURSE INFORMATION
Confidential
Course Code
ELC 501
Course Name
Level
Degree
Total SLT
Equivalent to 2 Credits
Face-to-Face (F2F): 28 Hours
Non Face-to-Face: 19.5 Hours Guided and 32.5 Hours Non
Guided
Part
Course Status
(Core/Non Core)
Prerequisite
None
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Course Description
This course is designed to develop students ability to read analytically and think critically. It
focuses on the relationship between reading and critical thinking and provides students with
a structured method for interpreting content and organization of written texts. Tasks and
activities suggested are discipline-based.
Syllabus Content
1.
2.
Recognise main ideas and supporting details in texts (CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, C2, C4,
A3)
3.
Determine authors purpose, tone, point of view, intended audience and issue involved
in an argument (CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, C4, A3)
4.
Identify and apply critical reading skills in reasoning through inferencing, drawing
conclusions, analysing assumptions and language when evaluating an argument
(CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, C4, C5, A3)
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Assessment
Week
Assessment
Duration
Weightage
1 hours
35%
5 weeks
25%
Test
8-13
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Content (12 %)
Language (10 %)
Organisation (3%)
Final Examination
The final examination requires students to
answer 17 questions based on a given text
(approximately 1000-1200 words in length) that
is pitched at higher Intermediate to advanced
level. It is argumentative in nature and deals
with a contemporary issue.
2 hours
40%
100%
Recommended Text
Elder, J. (2008). Exercise your college reading skills. NY: McGraw-Hill.
Teoh, S.A., Chai, M.H., Azlina Abd. Rahman & Paul-Evanson, C. (2010). Reading and
critical thinking. KL: McGraw-Hill.
Summers, D. (Ed.) (2009). Longman dictionary of contemporary English (4th ed.). London:
Pearson Education.
References
Barnet, S. & Bedau, H. (2010). Critical thinking, reading and writing: A brief guide to
argument. (7th ed.). USA: Bedford/St. Martins.
Browne, M. N. & Keeley, S. M. (2009). Asking the right questions: A guide to critical
thinking. (9th. ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Carter, C.E. (2010). Mindscapes: Critical reading skills and strategies. (11th ed.). USA:
Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Diestler, S. (2008). Becoming a critical thinker: A user friendly manual. (5th ed.). New
Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Lunsford, A., & Ruskiewicz, J. (2009). Everythings an argument. (5th ed.). Bedford: St.
Martins.
Nama Fakulti: Akademi Pengajian Bahasa
Nama Program:
Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA
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Mather, P. & McCarthy, R. (2011). The art of critical reading. (3rd. ed.). Boston: McGrawHill.
Moore, B.N. & Parker, R. (2009). Critical thinking. (9th. ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
Ruggiero, V.R. (2011). Becoming a critical thinker (7th ed.). USA: Wadsworth Cengage
Learning.
Spears, D. M. (2008). Developing critical reading skills (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Internet Sources
http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/critical/ct.php
http://www.criticalreading.com/critical_reading_thinking.htm
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/0,6658,416421-,00.html
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_2/4/1105/283083.cw/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRmhB3MW6GE&list=PLpbtRdN7xWUcPT0qWBfC52Fub
Qxcgdgjk
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073513474/student_view0/index.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0073047678/student_view0/index.html
http://grammar.about.com/od/tests/a/Exercise-In-Eliminating-Gender-Biased-Language.htm
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-deductive-reasoning.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbeD20mTTRk
http://www.internetlogic.org/argtypes.html
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-inductive-reasoning.html
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