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Course Details

Course Code: ENGL 052

Calendar Description:
This provincial level course develops English skills required for daily life and some occupations. This course satisfies the English requirement for the Adult Graduation Diploma but is not recognized as a prerequisite for most college or university courses.

Date First Offered: 2010-09-01

Hours:

• Total Hours: 120
• Other Contact Hours: 120

Total Weeks: 16

This course is offered online: No

Pre-Requisites:

• English 030 Intermediate English or equivalent
• OR Instructor permission (may include Career and College Preparation English Assessment)

Non-Course Pre-Requisites: NONE

Co-Requisites: NONE

Rearticulation Submission: No

Course Content:
Critical and Creative Thinking

• Thinking skills for essay work and organizing thoughts
• Thinking skills for prewriting and portfolio work
• Exploring diverse perspectives to develop or modify one's point of view

Speaking and Listening

• Mock-interview speaking and listening skills
• Use of presentation aids to enhance communication

Reading, Research and Reference

• Essay reading skills on topics of education, family, employment, Canadian culture, technology, health and the environment
• Job search and reference skills
• Research and reference skills in searching the Internet and library for information

Written Communication

• Grammar lessons about the parts of speech and simple sentences
• Grammar lessons about word order, subject-verb agreement and compound sentences
• Grammar lessons on agreements (subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent)
• Functional writing, draft prewriting and editing skills for work-related drafts (resume, cover letter, memos)
• Frammar lessons about sentence fragments, run-on sentences and comma-splices
• Targeting writing to a particular audience
• Grammar lessons to avoid wordiness, use of active voice, and use of adjectives and adverbs
• Grammar lessons on pronoun case and use of possessive pronouns
• Grammar lessons on word choice and usage
• Grammar lessons about capitalization, spelling and parallelism

Computer Literacy

• Use of word processor to type assignments
• Spelling and grammar checks
• Creation of a resume, cover letter and memo using templates
• Creation of an email account to use on your resume
• Creation of a brochure or information sheet using clip-art

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
Critical and Creative Thinking:

• Recognize elements of clear communication
• Demonstrate organizational thought processes to solve problems
• Evaluate arguments for validity, reliability, currency and objectivity
• Demonstrate an understanding of how communication formats influence language choices and usage
• Record, organize and store information read, heard or viewed
• Support a position by citing specific details from what has been read, heard or viewed
• Explore diverse perspectives to develop or modify one's point of view
• Assess one's own knowledge and use of language
• Assess information for completeness, accuracy, currency, relevance, balance or perspectives and bias
• Analyse different presentations of the same information to reconsider positions
• Assess ways in which language reflects and influences values and behaviour

Speaking and Listening:

• Interact effectively in formal or informal situations
• Adjust speaking style to suit audience, purpose and situation
• Use effective presentation aids to enhance communications

Reading, Research and Reference:

• Summarize, make inferences, draw conclusions and critically evaluate
• Evaluate the effectiveness of one's own and others' written presentations
• Paraphrase main ideas in written and oral instructions
• Distinguish between implicit and explicit messages
• Apply prior knowledge and experience to assist understanding of new material
• Use a variety of strategies and sources to gather information, including print sources, library resources and the internet
• Interpret details in and draw conclusions from information presented in a variety of print and graphic formats, including electronic formats
• Read articles, books, stories and poetry

Written Communication:

• Gather information and organize it into functional writing assignments
• Edit own work fully for coherence and accuracy
• Monitor spelling, grammar, mechanics and syntax using appropriate techniques and resources as required, including electronically
• Write effectively, adjusting for audience, purpose and situation to inform, persuade, and interact in formal and informal situations
• Organize information and ideas to clarify thinking and achieve desired effect

Computer Literacy:

• Use technology to support and enhance writing skills and organize information.

Grading System: Letters

Passing Grade: D (50%)

Grading Weight:

• Final Exam: 20 %
• Assignments: 35 %
• Portfolio: 40 %
• Project: 5 %

Number of Assignments: 17

Writing Assignments:

• 8 portfolios (one for each chapter)
• 8 reading comprehension assignments (1 for each chapter
• 1 project (mock-interview).

Percentage of Individual Work: 100

Course Offered in Other Programs: No

Additional Comments:

• English 052 will follow the Ministry of Advanced Education articulated learning outcomes in five areas. Learners will work through the text "A Thousand Words: Grammar and Writing in Context" to meet these learning outcomes.