English as a Second Language ESL Level 2 (ESLBO)
Name of School:
Department: English
Course Development Date: 2017
Course Reviser/Revision Date: ----
Course Title & Grade: English as a Second Language ESL Level 2
Ministry Course Code: ESLB0
Course Type: Open
Credit Value: 1.00
Developed from: The Ontario Curriculum, English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development (Revised), 2007
Prerequisite: ESL 1 or Equivalent
Course Description:
This course extends students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English for everyday and academic purposes. Students will participate in conversations in structured situations on a variety of familiar and new topics; read a variety of texts designed or adapted for English language learners; expand their knowledge of English grammatical structures and sentence patterns; and link English sentences to compose paragraphs. The course also supports students' continuing adaptation to the Ontario school system by expanding their knowledge of diversity in their new province and country.
Curriculum Overall Expectations:
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
- 1. demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes;
- 2. use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes;
- 3. use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English.
READING
- 1. read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes;
- 2. use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts;
- 3. use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary;
- 4. locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes.
WRITING
- 1. write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences;
- 2. organize ideas coherently in writing;
- 3. use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation;
- 4. use the stages of the writing process.
SOCIO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND MEDIA LITERACY
- 1. use English and non-verbal communication strategies appropriately in a variety of social contexts;
- 2. demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship, and of the contributions of diverse groups to Canadian society;
- 3. demonstrate knowledge of and adaptation to the Ontario education system;
- 4. demonstrate an understanding of, interpret, and create a variety of media texts.