Course Description:
This course is intended for English language learners who have had limited access to schooling and thus have gaps in their first-language literacy skills. Students will use their developing listening and speaking skills to communicate in English for a variety of purposes; develop reading strategies to understand a variety of simple texts; produce simple forms of writing; apply increasing knowledge of English grammatical structures in speaking and writing; expand their vocabulary; and develop fundamental study skills. The course will also provide opportunities for students to become familiar with and use school and community resources and to build their knowledge of Canada and diversity.
Listening and Speaking
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
- demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes;
- use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes;
- use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English.
Reading
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
- read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes;
- use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts;
- use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary;
- locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes.
Writing
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
- write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences;
- organize ideas coherently in writing;
- use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation;
- use the stages of the writing process.
Socio-cultural Competence and Media Literacy
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
- use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts;
- demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society;
- demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system;
- demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media texts.