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Course Description

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.



Overall Curriculum Expectations

By the end of this course, students will:

A. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
A1 demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of
purposes;
A2 use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social
purposes;
A3 use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English.
B. Reading
B1 read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes;
B2 use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts;
B3 use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary;
B4 locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes.
C. Writing
C1 write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences;
C2 organize ideas coherently in writing;
C3 use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation;
C4 use the stages of the writing process.
D. SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND MEDIA LITERACY
D1 use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts;
D2 demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society;
D3 demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system;
D4 demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media texts.

Course Content

Unit Title Hours
1 Let’s Go
In this unit, students learn how to introduce themselves to their teacher and classmates, talk about their family and school life, express their feelings and thoughts about the society, and imagine and design their possible future in English. At the end of the unit, students will be given a quiz on grammar, collocation and context of English.
20 hours
2 Graphic Novel Reading
In this unit of graphic novel reading, students will read American Born Chinese and complete review questions. Students will continue to enhance their reading comprehension skills through different activities. They will be given a written quiz on the main plots, themes, characters, settings, etc. as the unit assessment at the end of the unit.
22 hours
3 Writing Conventions
Writing conventions will focus mainly on the construction of higher level English through various activities. Students will better understand the writing process, essay structure, essay organization and approaches for writing narratives, essays, short reports, etc. Special emphasis will be laid on proper grammar and style, choice of words, accurate use of punctuation, etc.
25 hours
4 O, Canada!
This unit covers a variety of facts about Canadian geography, history and culture, which will be viewed through the lens of the media forms in which they are presented. Students will be focusing on researching and collecting information, and demonstrate their understanding through critical thinking. At the end of the unit, students will be assessed by the poster they are going to make and a quiz with a few open questions.
20 hours
5 Canadian citizenship, diversity, and Ontario education
This unit mainly focuses on content related to Canadian culture, such as what life is like in Canada and why Canada is so diverse in culture, what rights a citizen is endowed with, how education is carried out in the province of Ontario, etc. Students will have to memorize certain facts and understand them. At the end of the unit, students will be making a poster to show what they have learned throughout the entire unit.
20 hours
Final Evaluation Written examination 3 hours
Total : 110 hours
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Course Curriculum

  • ESLAO AOL 1 2 days
  • ESLAO AOL2 2 days
  • ESLAO AOL3 2 days
  • ESLAO AOL4 Mid Term 2 days
  • ESLAO AOL5 2 days
  • ESLAO AOL6 2 days
  • ESLAO Final Exam 1 week, 3 days
  • Resources
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    Unit 1
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    U1L4 00:00:00
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    Unit 2
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    U2L4 00:00:00
    U2L5 00:00:00
    Unit 3
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    U3L5 00:00:00
    Unit 4
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    U4L2 00:00:00
    U4L3 00:00:00
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    Unit 5
    U5L1 00:00:00
    U5L2 00:00:00
    U5L3 00:00:00
    U5L4 00:00:00
    U5L5 00:00:00
    Final Exam
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    Course Details:

    • Course Code
      ESLAO
    • OSSD Credit Value
      1.0
    • Pre-requisite
      Placement test
    • Tuition Fee
      Canadian students: $800 International students: $2000
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