Improve Your Grammar Advanced Focus A

Course code ELSK 0766

Credit 0.0

Length 40.0 hours

Course outline View

This course focuses on advanced grammatical structures to improve students' spoken and written English.
Key components of the course are the analysis of grammatical form, meaning, and usage. Students are given opportunities for grammar practice and production.

Prerequisites

CLB 6 Listening, CLB 6 Speaking, CLB 6 Reading, CLB 6 Writing.

Course type

This is a standalone course that can be taken individually without enrolling in a VCC program.
International students: Contact [email protected] to confirm whether this course is available to international students.

  • 1. Strategies and techniques specific to improvements in spoken and written advanced level grammar 2. Passive Voice 3. Adjective Clauses/Reducing Adjective Clauses/Relative Pronouns 4. Noun Clauses 5. Parallel Structure 6. Quoted Speech and Reported Speech 7. Perfect Modals 8. Conditional Sentences (Type 1)

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
71576 September 28, 2026
to November 18, 2026
Lecture
Lab
VCC Broadway Building A See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule. All self-paced courses have on-campus tests. Off-site certified invigilation centres may be used at the student's expense.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
42400 February 1, 2027
to March 25, 2027
Online Online See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule. All self-paced courses have on-campus tests. Off-site certified invigilation centres may be used at the student's expense.

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.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.