This document outlines the course syllabus for a 3-credit, first semester undergraduate course titled "Reading for Text Interpretation". The course will be taught over 16 weeks on Wednesdays from 28 June to 11 October 2017 by instructor Naruethai Chanthap. Students will develop skills in differentiating facts from opinions, understanding the development of ideas in texts, and answering questions requiring interpretation rather than directly stated answers. Assessment will be based 50% on midterm and final exams and 50% on class participation, reading logs, and online assignments.

1. Course Syllabus
1. Course Number: 2002314
2. Course Credit: 3 credits
3. Course Title: Reading for Text Interpretation
4. Faculty/ Department Faculty of Humanities and Social
sciences
Department of English
5. Semester First semester
6. Academic Year 2017
7. Name of Instructor: Naruethai Chanthap
8. Degree Undergraduate
9. Hours/ Week: 3 hours
10. Course Description: Increasing complexity and advanced
vocabulary. Differentiating facts and
opinions. Understanding the
development of ideas in continuous
texts. Interpretation of text, i.e.,
developing skills to answer questions
about texts where the answer cannot
be located in any single phrase or
sentence.
11. Learning Objectives Students will be able to use reading
strategies in different reading
materials as well as work at their own
pace. At the end of the course, they
will be able to assess and improve
their own reading performance.

2. 12. Learning Contents
Week Date Contents/ Activities Notes
1 28/6 -Course orientation
-Ice-breaking activities
2 5/7 -Lesson 1
3 12/7 -Lesson 2
4 19/7 -Lesson 3 -Submission of reading
logs week 1-2
5 26/7 -Lesson 4
6 2/8 -Lesson 5 -Submission of reading
logs week 3-4
7 9/8 -Lesson 6
8 14-18/8 Mid-term Examination Week
9 23/8 -Lesson 7 -Submission of reading
logs week 5-6
10 30/8 No class *SRU Sport Day
11 6/9 -Lesson 8 -Submission of reading
logs week 7-8
12 13/9 -Lesson 9
13 20/9 -Lesson 10
14 27/9 -Individual study (Lesson 11) -Questionnaire 1+2
15 4/10 -Individual study (Lesson 12) -Questionnaire 3
16 11/10 -Wrap up and evaluation -Submission of reading
logs week 9-10
-Interview 1
17 16-20/ 10 -Final Examination Week (1) -Interview 2
18 24-27/ 10 -Final Examination Week (2)
19 30/10- 8/11 No class *Final Examination Week
* The date of mid-term exam and final exam will be announced later.

3. 13. Evaluation
The final grade students received for the course will be based on
their performance in the following assessment tasks which will be weighted
as followed:
13.1 Assessment of academic knowledge (50%)
• Mid-term examination 25%
• Final examination 25%
13.2 Assessment of work or classroom activities (50%)
• Class attendance 10%
• Weekly reading logs 10%
• Online participation (In class) 15%
• Online assignments 15%
(Out of class+ self-check)
Total (100%)
NOTE:
* Students attendance will not be counted for the first two weeks. Each
session of the class is counted as 1 point. If students come no later than 15
minutes, they will get 1 point/ session. If they come later than 15 minutes,
they will get 0.5 of a point/ session.
Remarks:
A final grade of F will be given to students who have only a Mid-term
and Final exam score without any formative scores (class attendance,
online participation, online assignment scores) at the end of the
course.