ESLCO, English for School and Work, ESL Level 3, Open (1 credit)

What You will Learn:
This course is designed to improve students’ accuracy in using English in classroom situations, for personal and career planning and to understand the changing world. Students study and interpret a range of texts and produce a variety of forms of writing. Activities help students develop their oral presentation skills and acquire study skills (including note-taking and summarizing skills) that will enhance ability to learn in all subjects.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

Oral and Visual Communication

• Take part in conversations on a range of topics.
• Use the pronunciation, stress, rhythm and intonation patterns of spoken English with some accuracy.
• Use some transition words and phrases to link ideas (e.g., to show sequence, to compare and contrast).
• Use common grammatical patterns with some accuracy: subject verb agreement; consistent verb tenses; possessive pronoun agreement with antecedents.

Reading

• Skim text (paragraphs and whole passages) to find the main idea.
• Scan text to find specific information (examples, details, sequence).
• Demonstrate understanding of fiction and non-fiction passages by retelling content/making a personal response/completing a close.
• Identify a writer’s or character’s point of view.
• Identify various story elements (character, plot, setting).
• Take notes from a passage using a graphic organizer, in preparation for writing a summary.
• Use context to infer the meaning of new words.

Writing

• Spell vocabulary of everyday life and academic subjects with considerable accuracy.
• Use an outline with teacher assistance to develop and organize ideas.
• Write short expository paragraphs in response to reading or on topics of personal interest.
• Write a composition linking simple paragraphs about a central idea, using common transition words.
• Revise first drafts to clarify ideas, improve organization and correct language errors as identified by the teacher.
• Use a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences with some accuracy.
• Use common tenses and verb phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions, prepositions interrogative and negative constructions with considerable accuracy.

Course Outline:

• Units include:
  • Canada: The People
  • Food trends
  • Customs
  • Animals in Our Lives
    The Law

Resources/Materials Used

• Class handouts, books, and library.

Related Courses:

• ELDCO Literacy in Daily Life – Intermediate Writing Focus
• ESLDO Study Skills in English
• ELDDO Literacy for School and Work – Business English focus
• EPS3O Speaking/Presentation Skills

This course prepares students for ESLDO.

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