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。
本课程进一步扩展了学生的听力,口语,阅读和英语写作技能,适用于各种日常和学术目的。学生将进行简短的课堂口头报告;阅读各种改编的英文原文;并使用各种文本形式书写。同时,学生将扩大他们的学术词汇和学习技巧,以促进他们向主流学校课程的过渡。本课程还向学生介绍加拿大公民身份所固有的权利和责任,以及当前加拿大的各种问题。
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.
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