This paper offers suggestions for improving the reading skills aspect of the Text Skills component of International University of Japan's Intensive English Program. In order to prepare students for graduate studies, proper scaffolding of authentic texts is necessary for short-term and long-term goals. Text Skills course designers should consider including key strategies for reading comprehension that students use, perhaps unconsciously in their first language (L1), but don't immediately know how to transfer into their second language (L2).departmental bulletin pape
