Reading (ENG)

Leeward Community College offers several courses that are designed to improve students’ ability to understand, learn from – and remember – information presented in complex nonfiction material, like college textbooks and journal articles.  Most of these will fulfill University of Hawai`i prerequisite requirements; all include instruction in college-success strategies. 

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Course Descriptions

ENG 8 Reading and Writing Basics (6)
A credit course in building basic reading, writing, and study skills needed to succeed in college. Through continual practice and engagement in the reading and writing processes, students gain fluency and self- confidence in their ability to comprehend and create simple texts. Reading like a writer and writing like a reader, students expand their vocabulary, identify main points, and locate supporting details in what they read and write. They produce paragraphs and short essays based on personal experiences and assigned readings. Students study sentence structure and address common grammar and usage problems in the context of their own reading and writing. They use computers and word processing programs to produce their compositions.

ENG 18 Reading Essentials (3)
Provides practice in building essential college reading skills. Students learn techniques to understand academic reading materials and learn reading and study skill strategies to help them succeed in college. For example, students build vocabulary, identify main points, and locate supporting details. In addition, students identify transitions, recognize assumptions, and follow patterns of organization. Students improve language skills and become competent readers.
Prerequisite: Appropriate reading placement test score, or successful completion of ENG 8 with a C or better, or approval from Language Arts Division.

ENG 21 Introduction to College Reading (3)
Teaches reading and thinking skills used by successful college students. For example, English 21 students learn techniques that will improve their comprehension of any complex material; they increase their vocabulary and learn how to decipher unfamiliar words while reading; they become familiar with common organizational thought patterns and transitions, and use them to increase understanding and find main points.
Prerequisite: Appropriate reading placement test score, or ENG 18 with a grade of C or better or equivalent, or approval from Language Arts Division.

ENG 102 College Reading (3)
Provides practice in advancing critical thinking skills. Students apply techniques that promote active reading, clear thinking, and carefulreasoning. For example, students analyze main points, evaluate support, and make appropriate inferences. In addition, students distinguish between fact and opinion, determine a writer’s purpose and tone, and follow extended analogies. Students become proficient language users, independent learners, and thoughtful members of an academic community.
Prerequisite: Appropriate reading placement test score, or ENG 21 and ENG 22 with a grade of C or better, or approval from Language Arts Division.

Contact Information
Sandra Kelley, Reading Discipline Coordinator
Phone:  (808) 455-0425
Email: skelley [at] hawaii [dot] edu