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2026-2027 college catalog 
    
2026-2027 college catalog
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ESL 072 - Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking in Academic Contexts


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This course is designed to develop vocabulary and reading skills at the intermediate level. Students will improve comprehension by learning to process sentence patterns that combine ideas, by reading for the main idea and the supporting details. Students will reinforce comprehension and retention of ideas through outlining and summarizing. Students will also expand their vocabulary by learning to use context and by learning to decode words and draw inferences.
Applicable toward graduation at CSC where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: Not Applicable (1.9)

Offered: Fall or Spring or Summer
Prerequisite(s): Appropriate ESL placement test score or successful completion of ESL 071 
General Education: Not Applicable



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