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Description of Supplementary Programs

The Supplementary Programs are designed to enhance and further support student achievement of SLOs by providing targeted and measured support in areas of focus not covered by the main course book alone. A total of 20% of students’ grades are based on their performance in each supplementary program. The details of the numerical breakdown can be found in the Assessment section below.

Reading

The focus of the Reading Program is to encourage positive reading habits in students. It consists of a number of instructor led sessions in which students discuss the assigned graded reader for the course, spend a portion of the time engaged in silent guided reading, read additional portions of the texts outside the class, and share their reactions to what they have read. Details for each instructional session can be found below in the Supplementary Reading Program section.

Writing

The focus of the Writing Program is to develop students’ composition skills through a process approach. Students will be asked to work on producing one text, will be guided through the stages in the writing process and will produce two initial drafts and a final draft. Materials in the Writing Pack will be used and full details of which exercises need to be completed each week (and approximate estimates of instructional time that should be allocated to these) are given below in the Pacing Guide and in the Supplementary Writing Program sections below.

Speaking

Students will receive training and practice in performing similar speaking tasks to the tasks they will be asked to perform in the final speaking exam. They will receive feedback on their performance. Further details and sample practice test materials are available in the Supplementary Speaking Program section below.