英语课程分五级,学生必须通过一个由加拿大教育局编制的「英语评估测验 English Assessment Test」, 按照学生英语水平分级;学生绝无年龄限制,课程亦适合自修,深造或移民人仕。

本课程以学生以前的教育和语言知识为基础，向他们介绍英语，帮助他们适应新环境的多样性。学生将在日常和基本学术目的中使用初级英语语言技能进行听，说，读，写。他们将使用基本的英语语言结构和简单的句型进行简短的对话;阅读简短的改编文本;并写短语和短句。该课程还为学生提供了开始适应加拿大新生活所需的知识和技能。

 

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:

1. demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes;
2. use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes;
3. 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:

1. read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes;
2. use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts;
3. use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary;
4. 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:

1. write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences;
2. organize ideas coherently in writing;
3. use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation;
4. use the stages of the writing process.
    

SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND MEDIA LITERACY

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:

1. use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts;
2. demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society;
3. demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system;
4. demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media texts.

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