Reading Defined

The Reading Department at Malcolm X College is committed to providing comprehensive reading instruction aimed at advancing student reading skills necessary for academic, professional and personal success.  Students are provided a variety of reading experiences, including cross disciplinary, multi-genre and multi-modal textual experience.  Through the course of reading study, students enhance:

semantic awareness

• comprehension
• fluency, accuracy
• access to disciplinary discourse
• rhetorical thought and expression
• written expression
• new literacy skills (technology)  ​