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ESLAO - English as a Second Language ESL Level 1

20 Hours

Online - Live Teacher

1.0

Course Credit

110 Hours

Course Hours

10 Weeks

Course Length

English As a Second Language (ESL)

Grade

Class Mode

  • 1 on 1 (One Teacher to One Student)
  • 1 on 2 (One Teacher to Two Students)
  • 1 on 4 (One Teacher to Four Students)
  • ​1 on 6 (One Teacher to Six Students)

Prerequisite

None

Course Detail

This course is designed for students with no prior English experience or study.

This course builds on students’ previous education and language knowledge to introduce them to the English language and help them adjust to the diversity in their new environment. Students will use beginning English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing for everyday and essential academic purposes. They will engage in short conversations using basic English language structures and simple sentence patterns; read short adapted texts; and write phrases and short sentences. The course also provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to begin to adapt to their new lives in Canada.


 

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.
     

More please click : ESLAO - English as a Second Language ESL Level 1


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