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ENGL 0300: Topics in Fundamental English
Effective date
May 2021
Department
ABE Fundamentals
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
ENGL 0300 is the first course in which all Basic Education English students will enrol. In this course, students will work with an instructor to identify strengths and gaps in their fundamental reading and writing skills. They will make a learning action plan to address these gaps. Students will also create a portfolio to practice and demonstrate their skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, sentence writing, and paragraph writing. This portfolio will be used to determine a student's placement in one of the six levels of Basic Education English. Students will also reflect and build on their skills for success as adult learners.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Below Grade 10 Equivalency
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify learning gaps in fundamental level reading and writing and make a learning action plan to address these gaps.
- Demonstrate reading comprehension skills such as previewing, predicting, identifying main ideas, summarizing, questioning, making inferences, and visualizing.
- Demonstrate skills for interpreting new vocabulary in the context of a reading.
- Demonstrate skills for writing effective sentences and paragraphs.
- Demonstrate academic readiness (awareness of: student responsibilities in a college environment, supports and resources, learning preferences and strengths, oral communication skills, time management skills, study skills, and test-taking strategies).
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 35
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 121
Total Hours: 156
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 121
Total Hours: 156
Instructional Strategies
This course will be taught in a self-paced, individualized format along with group instruction and small group activities. Instructional strategies include, but are not limited to lectures, use of print and electronic visual prompts, individualized and self-paced instruction, one-on-one and group work, group discussions, field trips, guest speakers, computer use, and activities making use of auditory, tactile and sensory learning.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
S (70%)
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Project |
20 |
Students will make a learning action plan that identifies their strengths and learning gaps in fundamental level English. The learning action plan will be marked with a checklist for completeness. |
|
Portfolio |
60 |
Students will assemble a portfolio of activities that demonstrates their skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, sentence writing, and paragraph writing. The portfolio will be marked with a checklist for completeness. |
|
Other |
20 |
Students will demonstrate academic readiness to undertake further course work. Academic readiness will be self-assessed with a rubric. |
Course topics
- Learning action plans Reading comprehension strategies Vocabulary building Sentence writing Paragraph writing Academic readiness
Learning resources
A variety of print and non-print media.
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.