EASL 047: Advanced Reading - Contemporary Readings is an advanced academic course which is intended to help students of English as an additional language to read, analyze and discuss selected contemporary articles from the textbook and a variety of other sources. The course focuses on learning and applying reading strategies such as using context, arguments, and visuals to determine main ideas. Students practice active reading to make meaning and to understand and respond to ideas. Students are expected to use a unilingual English dictionary and the college library for independent reading.
- Teacher: Kirsten Gear
EASL 038: Intermediate Communications - Expressing Opinions provides opportunities for students to take an active role in initiating, sustaining and closing social conversations. Students learn to use relevant vocabulary and idioms as well as a range of intermediate grammatical structures to express opinions on familiar topics in discussions and presentations. Students learn to comprehend and produce a range of functions (e.g. clarifying and requesting clarification). Students also learn to use natural English speech patterns, intonation and rhythm and improve their listening comprehension using a variety of media sources and interpersonal communication. Students begin to take simple notes while listening.
- Teacher: Kirsten Gear
ECCE 300 is an introductory course designed familiarize students with Canadian academic culture in the context of early childhood care and education. The course focuses on learning about academic conventions, upholding academic integrity, avoiding plagiarism, summarizing and paraphrasing, reflective writing and delivering presentations. Throughout the course students will learn and apply strategies for active listening, analytical reading, delivering effective presentations and writing clearly and cohesively. Students are expected to actively participate in course discussions and activities and work both individually and collaboratively on group projects and presentations
- Teacher: Shana Rablah
- Teacher: Paul Spence
This course is an advanced academic course which is intended to help students develop accuracy and gain fluency in the use of complex grammatical structures including noun clauses, adjective clauses, adverb clauses, conjunctions and connections, gerunds and infinitives.
- Teacher: Paul Spence
EASL 035 Intermediate Grammar - Structures. This course provides instruction and opportunities for students
who speak English as an additional language to practice grammar at an intermediate level. Students study and
practice selected grammar structures, including connectors, gerunds, infinitives, passives, adjective and noun
clauses, reported/direct speech, basic conditionals, comparisons, and phrasal verbs.
- Teacher: Shana Rablah
EASL 027 Intermediate Reading - Vocabulary and Meaning. This course is an intermediate course for students who speak English as an additional language. Students read and discuss selected articles from the textbook and other sources with a focus on developing vocabulary and understanding meaning. Students develop their knowledge of word forms and use reading strategies such as guessing meaning from context in understanding main ideas. Students are encouraged to do supplementary reading and begin to use an English dictionary.
EASL 037 Intermediate Reading - Current Ideas is an intermediate course for students who speak English as an additional language. Students read and discuss selected simplified and authentic articles from the textbook and other sources with a focus on building vocabulary and knowledge of word forms, applying reading strategies such as predicting and inferring, increasing reading speed, identifying structure, and understanding and responding to current ideas. Students are encouraged to do supplementary reading and use both bilingual and unilingual dictionaries.
- Teacher: Daryna Bukach
ASL 036: Intermediate Writing: Expressing Ideas provides students who speak English as an additional language with instruction in writing and opportunities to write at an intermediate level. This course helps students to develop their ability to write accurate, simple, compound and complex sentences. Students learn to apply components of the writing process to produce clear, well-structured expository paragraphs (e.g. descriptive and narrative) that express meaningful ideas. Students are also introduced to multi-paragraph writing. Students keep weekly journals to write about their experience
- Teacher: Daryna Bukach
This course is an advanced academic course which is intended to help students develop accuracy and gain fluency in the use of complex grammatical structures including noun clauses, adjective clauses, adverb clauses, conjunctions and connections, gerunds and infinitives.
- Teacher: Natasha Ala
- Teacher: Daryna Bukach
EASL 068: College Preparation – Community Outreach is a course for English language students who have completed Advanced Communications. Students initiate, plan, and facilitate community-based projects which involve interaction with native speakers in real life contexts. Students work independently and in teams to prepare, implement, and evaluate projects. Community Outreach is designed to build leadership skills and improve professional speaking, delivery and reporting methods.
- Teacher: Shana Rablah
EASL 027 Intermediate Reading - Vocabulary and Meaning. This course is an intermediate course for students who speak English as an additional language. Students read and discuss selected articles from the textbook and other sources with a focus on developing vocabulary and understanding meaning. Students develop their knowledge of word forms and use reading strategies such as guessing meaning from context in understanding main ideas. Students are encouraged to do supplementary reading and begin to use an English dictionary.
EASL 037 Intermediate Reading - Current Ideas is an intermediate course for students who speak English as an additional language. Students read and discuss selected simplified and authentic articles from the textbook and other sources with a focus on building vocabulary and knowledge of word forms, applying reading strategies such as predicting and inferring, increasing reading speed, identifying structure, and understanding and responding to current ideas. Students are encouraged to do supplementary reading and use both bilingual and unilingual dictionaries.
- Teacher: Natasha Ala
- Teacher: Tamara Hudson
- Teacher: Paul Spence