英語課程分五級,學生必須通過一個由加拿大教育局編制的「英語評估測驗 English Assessment Test」, 按照學生英語水平分級;學生絕無年齡限制,課程亦適合自修,深造或移民人仕。
本課程進一步擴展了學生的聽力，口語，閱讀和英語寫作技能，適用於各種日常和學術目的。學生將進行簡短的課堂口頭報告;閱讀各種改編的英文原文;並使用各種文本形式書寫。同時，學生將擴大他們的學術詞彙和學習技巧，以促進他們向主流學校課程的過渡。本課程還向學生介紹加拿大公民身份所固有的權利和責任，以及當前加拿大的各種問題。
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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