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.
Ontario Curriculum: English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development, 2007
Reading 30%
Writing 30%
Speaking & Listening 20%
Socio-cultural
& Media Literacy 20%
About Me
In the Classroom / At School
The Neighbourhood
Canada
Provinces and Cities
Holidays and Celebrations
Vocabulary building and grammar
Reading: short passages, short novels
Basic computer skills
Posters
Projects
Presentations