Reading Center

Welcome to the Santa Monica College Virtual Reading Center

To log on to Corsair Connect to complete your Reading Center assignments.

​Practice Comprehension and Reasoning Skills

• Reading for Understanding*
  by Thelma Gwinn Thurstone

• Reading for Understanding (RFU) Pretests

• Answer Form

• Use this chart to to choose your starting RFU number.

*with permission from The McGraw-Hill Co., Inc.

Ultimate Speed Reader

Ultimate Speed Reader is available on the computers in the Reading Lab, the SMC Library and the Cayton Center.

• The goal of each Ultimate Speed Reader activity

• Table of Contents of Ultimate Speed Reader

• Answer Form

• Dennis Doyle's speed reading tips

Vocabulary

• Words Commonly Confused
  by V. Bell, J. Cheney, P. King and M. P. Moore

• Words Commonly Confused Pretest

• How to make vocabulary cards for your reading class.

Test Preparation

• How to Write a Summary

The American English Language

• American English Proverbs*

• American English Idioms

On-line Vocabulary and Reading Resources

• A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary

• Latin Derivatives (prepared by Gene Moutoux)

• Los Angeles Public Library

• Santa Monica College Library
  (Use the Online Catalogue)

Tutoring

Assistance is offered at no charge to SMC students.
Drescher Hall Room 313.

• Writing & Humanities Tutoring

• Other SMC Tutoring Sites

• Computer labs on campus and their schedules of operation

Contact Us

Reading Center Coordinator: Joyce Cheney