The English Reading 1 course includes reading comprehension passages related to Student Life in different countries and cultures around the world, Nature Experiences, Eating Habits, Community, Family, Culture and Cross-Culture, Health, Entertainment and Media, Social Life, and Sports. During the course, students need to apply reading skills and reading comprehension strategies (skimming, scanning, guessing meaning from contexts, etc.), evaluation and critical thinking skills, and vocabulary acquisition and language development skills. Additionally, students are required to complete exercises related to identifying the topic sentence, identifying the main idea of a passage, identifying supporting details, using a Venn diagram to organize supporting details, using a mind map, summarizing a paragraph, summarizing the whole reading, and summarizing a story.