DHHE 0607: English for Academic & Workplace Access 7
Effective date
September 2022
Department
Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Description
English for Academic & Workplace Access focuses on effective communication in ASL and English in personal, academic, and workplace contexts within an expanding range of moderate complexity. Learners differentiate and produce a variety of genre types used in these contexts.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to meet the outcomes at CLB 7 in the “Profiles of Ability” columns of the competency outcomes and standards listed in the “Canadian Language Benchmarks.”
Prerequisites
DHHE 0606, or department placement interview indicating competency in CLB 6.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Receptive ASL
1) Identify and interpret discussions in social exchanges.
2) Identify clues to infer order of steps in 10-12 step instructions and directions.
3) Identify the intent, main idea, details, and implied meanings in persuasive communication.
4) Identify details, main ideas, and opinions to follow short group interactions, discussions, and meetings on familiar topics.
5) Identify main ideas, details, and opinions shared in presentations about personal experiences, general knowledge, or work-related topics.
- Expressive ASL
1) Participate in and maintain less routine everyday social conversations by managing comprehension and using strategies for conversational flow.
2) Communicate by video phone on familiar routine matters and take/leave video messages with 5-7 details.
3) Give an extended set of instructions/directions related to familiar technical and non-technical tasks.
4) Give detailed suggestions, recommendations, advice, or warnings.
5) Communicate opinions and feelings to qualify opinion; express reservations, approval, and disapproval; and express or ask about possibility/probability in one-to-one and small group discussions or meetings.
6) Give a structured presentation to summarize or report the main points of a presentation by someone else, to tell a story, or to describe, compare, and contrast in detail 2 events, jobs, or procedures.
- Receptive English
1) Identify specific factual details and inferred meanings in personal and public social messages.
2) Follow a set of 10-13 step instructions for procedures related to familiar technical and non-technical tasks.
3) Locate and use 3-4 pieces of information from formatted text by identifying layout and organization.
4) Identify main ideas, factual and supporting details and underlying meaning in business/service texts containing assessments, evaluations, and advice.
5) Distinguish facts from opinions and evaluate ideas in text to draw conclusions in complex extended descriptions, narrations, or reports.
6) Interpret information in moderately complex formatted texts following the sequence of steps.
7) Locate and compare 3-4 pieces of information in extensive and visually complex online or print reference sources.
- Expressive English (Writing, typing, texting)
1) Convey a personal message in a formal short letter, note, or e-mail using 2-3 paragraphs, expressing or responding to a range of circumstances.
2) Write an outline or a summary of a longer 2-page text by reducing information to main points, with accurate supporting details.
3) Take notes and leave written messages from video messages or clear prerecorded public information reducing information to main points with up to 10 accurate details.
4) Fill out moderately complex/ extended forms.
5) Write business or service correspondence of up to 2 paragraphs for routine or less routine purposes.
6) Write 2-3 connected paragraphs to narrate a sequence of events or to provide a detailed comparison or description of a person, system, routine, or procedure.
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, 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, presentations, simulations, quizzes, demonstrations.
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Course topics
- Circles: Self, Family, Community
Academics & Trades
Digital Media
Workplace
Entrepreneurial Activities
Canadian Society
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.