Elc 500 Study Guide

BHEA_JKA/CR01-08

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

COURSE INFORMATION
Confidential

Code

:

ELC 500

Course

:

English for Academic Reading

Level

:

Degree

Credit Unit

:

2

Contact Unit

:

2

Part

:

1/2/3

Faculty

:

AD/AP/AS/AT/BM/CS/EC/EE/EH/EM/HM/MC/SR/CT/MU/IM/
HS/OM

Course Status
(Core/Non Core)

:

Non Core

Prerequisite

:

None

Fakulti: Akadermi Pengajian Bahasa
© Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA

Tahun Mula: 2013
Tahun Semakan: 2012

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1.0

Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5

2.0

understand how to use the skills of skimming and scanning to interprer texts
(C1);
interpret
Boston,
USA, Pearson
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Longman.
McWhorther, K. T. & Sember, B. M. (2011). Active Reading Skills: Reading and Critical
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Longman.
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