This skills-based Grade 10 level course ladders into academic Grade 11 English, GED or health science prep courses. Students develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, sentence structure, writing skills and critical thinking. Students read a variety of genres including current event articles, academic essays, issue related fiction and respond to the reading to develop paragraph writing skills. Students develop the academic language to understand, discuss and edit writing through intensive grammar workshops.
Prerequisites
Course type
This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.
This course is tuition free! Some fees apply: *
- College Initiative: $8.85/course
- Campus Resource: $9.95/course
- Student Union: $71/term
- UPass: $188/term (if applicable)
* Note: fees are approximate and subject to change.
Contact the department at [email protected] with any questions.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
How to take this course
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.