DHHE 0601: English Foundations 1
Effective date
September 2021
Department
Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Description
English Foundations 1 focuses on effective communication in ASL and English in multiple contexts including personal, educational, and workplace contexts of basic complexity. Learners differentiate and produce a variety of genre types used in personal, educational, and workplace contexts.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to meet the outcomes at CLB 1 in the “Profiles of Ability” columns of the competency outcomes and standards listed in the “Canadian Language Benchmarks for the Deaf."
Prerequisites
DHHE 0600, or department placement interview indicating competency in CLB Pre-Literacy.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Receptive ASL
o Understand individual greetings, introductions and goodwill expressions.
o Understand very short, simple instructions, commands and requests related to immediate personal needs.
o Understand strategies used to get attention and to request or offer assistance in situations of immediate personal need.
o Understand very simple information about highly familiar, concrete topics.
- Expressive ASL
o Use and respond to basic courtesy formulas and greetings.
o Give brief, simple, common, routine instructions to a familiar person.
o Make and respond to simple requests related to immediate personal needs (such as asking for assistance, the time, a price or an amount).
o Give basic personal information in response to direct questions.
o Ask for basic personal information.
- Receptive English (Reading) o Understand short greetings and goodwill messages.
o Read very short messages in face-to-face communication with non-signers.
o Understand very short, simple instructions for common familiar everyday situations.
o Get information from very short, common, formatted texts (such as simple sections of forms, maps, diagrams, receipts, traffic signs, and civic symbols).
o Recognize names, numbers, and some basic details in very simple short texts related to everyday situations and immediate needs.
o Read very short simple messages with needed information in face-to-face communication with non-signers.
- Expressive English (Writing, typing, texting)
o Convey greetings or other short messages by completing cards or simple texts.
o Convey words and some short memorized phrases in face-to-face communication with non-signers.
o Copy numbers, letters, words, short phrases or sentences from simple lists or very short passages.
o Complete very short or simplified forms that require only basic personal identification information.
o Write very short, memorized requests and directives when in face-to-face communication with non-signers.
o Write a few words to complete a short guided text or answer simple questions.
o Provide very simple information to non-signers in response to face-to-face written requests.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 204
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 51
Total Hours: 255
Instructional Strategies
Modelling, coaching, focused reading, thematic instruction, journalling, stations, project-based learning.
The course may be offered online or in a hybrid format (blend of face-to-face and online instruction).
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Portfolio
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100
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A range of tasks including self- and peer-assessment, writing tasks, reflective journals, writing samples, checklists, learning stories, learning photographs, poster presentations, simulations, quizzes, demonstrations.
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Course topics
- Circles: Self, Family, Relationships
At Home & in the Community
Travel and Transportation
Canada
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.