EF56 Class 2

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

 Today’s Agenda

·      Continue with course outline

-Curriculum- education, class, course

-Dates, times for our class

-Course overview- handout

·      Continue small group chatting- icebreaker exercise

·      Investigate PLOs (Prescribed Learning Outcomes)

·      IF TIME Student Questionaire

·      HW   Read over the PLOs. We will start to use them in class

tomorrow.

 

PHRASAL VERB read over- review, skim, get the basic idea

 

 

 

**Attendance

 

 

** English Foundations courses- Academic courses

English Foundations courses- adults

 

EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5, EF6, EF7/English 10- English 11- English 12

Often the class are split classes- EF4/5   EF6/7

 

-small school- split courses

EF - English Foundations-  core courses

core-centre  apple core

 

EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7

There is no EF 8 or 9

 

TWO PATHS: EF7  OR  Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

 

 

You go to one of these courses:

1.  English Foundations 7

OR

2. Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10)

 

EF7 and Composition 10 & Literary Studies 10 is the same class at South Hill.

English 10 is now called Composition 10 and Literary Studies 10

-also Media Studies 10, 11, 12

 

EF7/Composition 10, Literary Studies 10 – taught together, very similar courses

 

BC Ministry of Education rules:

-English Foundations 7 (EF7) is for Graduated Adults. A Graduated Adult is a person who has finished high school anywhere in the world.

-Composition and Literary Studies 10 (used to be called English 10) are for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.

e.g. under 19, students who turned 19 and ‘aged out’ of regular high school in Vancouver, left high school for many reasons: family trouble; health problems- physical, psychological- depression, anxiety, etc; war in their country; political unrest; not a safe country; got a job to support their family; not allowed to go or were not able to go to school when they were young

Wide range of reasons why people don’t finish school.

Wide range of reasons why people are here at South Hill.

Everybody has a story.

 

**IMPORTANT**

No matter what the reason, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re here.

I want you to win!

 

EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10

There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10

 

After EF7/CompLit10--- English 11 level

Literary Studies 11 & Composition 11– choice to do First Peoples 11

 

English 12 level

Literary Studies 12 & Composition 12- choice to dp First Peoples 12

First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations

First Nations issues are a major Canadian society and workplace.

 

For math and science courses, talk to an advisor.

 

EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7/English10,11,12

 

 *** Extra writing help***

IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING

EXTRA COURSE: Writing Improvement 567 is an auxiliary (extra) course. You will still have to take your regular EF5, EF6, EF7 to move up.

*auxiliary- extra AUX– on the back of your TV AUX, in your car AUX, extra input

Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

 

***

I do an online Advanced Sentence Structure Tutorial every November-January, Quarter 2, on Tuesday nights 4:30-5:15pm on Zoom. I usually do nine or ten sessions. I will post the Zoom link on my blog in late October. Check my blog for the Zoom link or scan the QR (quick response) code posted in our room.

CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR- Hollie got me to teach a P3 class.

 

You don’t have to sign up. It is drop-in. You can come to one, two or all of them.

-35m, usually 5-5:35

You are welcome to attend.

Check my blog in late October for the Zoom link.

 

 

***

English 12 is the highest level English class for high school in BC.

Colleges and universities require English 12 for the most part.

You can apply for post-secondary (college, university) with English 12.

SHEC courses are good for post-sec.

 

VOCAB for levels of schooling

-elementary, primary – Kindergarden – Grade 7, K-7

German Kinder- child garden  Kinder Surprise

-junior high school- grades 7-9

-secondary- high school, Grade 8-12, 10-12

-post-secondary - after high school

post-after

–college- diploma, certificate, program, VCC, BCIT, Langara

-university- grant degrees- Bachelor Degree- BA, BSc

-graduate school- Masters Degree- MA, MSc, MPsych

-post-graduate- Doctorate, PhD

 

All post-secondary programs for colleges and universities have their own entry requirements.

entry requirements – prerequisites, prereqs, requisite- requirement

 

“The prereq for EF4 is usually EF3.”

 

Do you have some ideas what you want to do after high school?

 

If you have ambitions to to go to college or university, you can start planning now. You can start to get organize your prereqs.

You can start to research what prereqs your postsec requires.

prereq- prerequisite

 

college- offers programs, certificates, often 1-2 yrs

university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years

 

What kind of job do you want?

BASIC QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE

1. Do you want to stand up or sit down?

2. Do you want to work indoors or outdoors?

3. Do you want to interact with people or be on your own?

 

-extraverted and introverted people

Extravert- a person who gets energy from being in a group

Introvert- crowds drain their emotional battery, prefer solitude or one-on-one

 

WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:

Education Planner BC

https://educationplannerbc.ca/

Use it for your own plans or for your children, friends, relatives.

 

In my experience, jobs come through networking.

 

-quicker post-sec route

-trades- skilled trades- electrician, plumber, drywaller, HVAC (furnace repair, air mechanic), mechanic, carpenter

Good money!

certificate- 8m-1yr

diploma – 1 yr

degree- 3-4 yrs

In Canada, there is a big push to get young people into skilled trades. In Canada, there is a huge push to get young women into skilled trades.

https://www.bcit.ca/programs/trades-discovery-for-women-associate-certificate-full-time-1190acert/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzoeuBhDqARIsAMdH14G2Op-6_PS8OiTDER8g0qg4U3AXyHlWFr0fYFIh0G68rjstPzEW7VEaAjN-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

MY ADVICE:

Start thinking about it. Start planning.

You can do it. There is a lot of opportunity.

 

It will be difficult and expensive, but you can do it.

 

A lot of adults go to post-sec either part-time or full-time. It might not be as common in your home country.

 

Survival jobs- just to make $$, not the dream

The dream is achievable.

 

Our SHEC academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful.

-         Sylvia, Joanne, Jacquie, Dana

 

Colleges and universities have their own academic advisors.

Call and make an appointment.

 

 

***Course Outline***

 

**Prescribed Learning Outcomes

The skills that I must teach.

ORAL LANGUAGE

 

A1

 

READING AND VIEWING

B1

 

WRITING

C1

 

EVIDENCE OF THINKING

D1

 

 

**Small group chatting

Let’s change gears.

Small group chatting

-chat(verb,noun) - casual talking, friendly, chew the fat

IDIOM chew the fat – nice friendly chatting

We went to a coffee shop and chewed the fat.

discuss- serious

 

 

FIRST DAY ICEBREAKER:

Get into groups of 4-5 people. Choose some people who you don’t know yet. Ideally choose people who do not speak your mother language.

Chat with your partners.

·      Name

·      Home

·      Family

·      Job/Profession/Employment

·      Travel

·      Hobbies- pastime, activities in your freetime

·      Future plans

Of course, we will chat in English.

 

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

Choose one of your partners. Make notes about that person.

Introduce one of your partners to the class.

 

 

IDIOM Night and day!  completely different