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English as a Second Language, Level 1

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Course Code: ESLAO

General Information

This is a non-graded course. This course is an English course, and more information can be found at the English, ESL and Modern Languages department. Prerequisites: None.

Course Description

This course builds on students' previous education and language knowledge to introduce them to the English language and help them adjust to the diversity in their new environment. Students will use beginning English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing for everyday and essential academic purposes. They will engage in short conversations using basic English language structures and simple sentence patterns; read short adapted texts; and write phrases and short sentences. The course also provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to begin to adapt to their new lives in Canada.

This course is an open course, having one set of expectations and being appropriate for all students in a given grade. This course prepares students for more advanced classes in later years, or for a university, college or workplace setting. This course may not reflect a student's post-secondary goals, but are still relevant to everyone regardless of their post-secondary plans.

More Information

For more detailed information on this course, or any other course, please contact student services. You may be able to find more information online at English, ESL and Modern Languages. This information provided on this page may be out of date or inaccurate, as course information may change rapidly as the year progresses.

You can view the full curriculum, including information for this course, at the Ministry of Education's website.

Course choices may vary from year to year due to staffing and student interest. Simply because a course is listed here or has been previously run doesn't necessarily mean that it will run in the future.

Related Courses

  • ESLBO - Grade N/A English as a Second Language, Level 2
  • ESLCO - Grade N/A English as a Second Language, Level 3
  • ESLDO - Grade N/A English as a Second Language, Level 4
  • ESLEO - Grade N/A English as a Second Language, Level 5

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