Good afternoon, everyone.
-Gabriel Freund gfreund@vsb.bc.ca support
-VPD- trailer, open 12-8 everyday for the next week
Filipino festival – Lapu Lapu
goose bumps- scared, bumps on your skin
Today’s Agenda
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Academic planning
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“Getting Acquainted” from HW
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Continue introductions
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Student Questionaire- HANDOUT pass in today or
first thing tomorrow
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“The Seven Most High-Frequency Verb Tenses in
English” HANDOUT
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HW Read over
“Golden Week” HANDOUT
Wednesday
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Collect Student Questionnaire
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Finish “Getting Acquainted”
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Return Practice Test
Go over format- to get highest possible
marks
“Paragraph Format EF56”
“Lined ruled paper handout” HANDOUT
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Begin “Golden Week”
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Begin verb tenses “The Seven Most High-Frequency
Verb Tenses in English”
Thursday
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Continue “Golden Week”
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Continue verb tenses
Friday
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1
COMING UP
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Family vocabulary
** English Foundations courses- Academic courses
English Foundations courses- adults
English Foundations - EF
LINC is a different system.
EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5, EF6, EF7/English
10- English 11- English 12
Often the class are split classes- e.g EF56
-small school- split courses
EF - English Foundations- core courses
core-centre e.g. apple core
EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7
There is no EF8 or EF9
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 here, you are welcome
here. I am really glad you’re here.
We 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 do First
Peoples 12
First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations
First Nations issues are a major Canadian society and
workplace.
-
work, university, job interviews, etc.
ADVICE: Consider First Peoples 11/12
EF1,2,3,4,5,6,7/English10,English11,English12
For math and science courses, talk to an advisor.
Chemistry 11, 12
Anatomy and Physiology 11,12 (Biology 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
***
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 and your other 12 courses.
SHEC courses are good for post-secondary.
VOCAB for levels of schooling
-elementary, primary - Kindergarden –– Grade 7, K-7
German Kinder- child garden
-middle school, junior high school- Grades 7-9
-secondary- high school, Grade 8-12, 10-12
-post-secondary - after high school
post-after
POSTSEC
–college- diploma, certificate, program, VCC, BCIT, Langara
-university- grant degrees- Bachelor Degree- BA, BSc UBC SFU McGill
NEXT LEVELS OF DEGREES
-graduate school- Masters Degree- MA, MSc, MPsych
-post-graduate- Doctorate, PhD
**Most postsec offer fulltime and parttime programs.
**Entry to PostSec
All post-secondary programs for colleges and universities
have their own entry requirements.
entry requirements – prerequisites, prereqs, requisite-
requirement
e.g. “The prereq for EF6 is usually EF5.”
**
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 program requires.
prereq- prerequisite
postsec- post-secondary
college- offers certificates, diploma, program often 6-9m,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.
-trades- skilled trades- electrician, plumber, drywaller,
HVAC (furnace repair, air mechanic), mechanic, carpenter, physical therapist –
helps with rehab (rehabilitation)
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.
In Canada, a lot of adults go to post-sec either part-time
or full-time. It is not unusual for adults to go back to college or university.
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.
**
Public institutions- VCC, UBC, BCIT, Douglas, Kwantlen
Private colleges- Alexander College, University Canada West
-public- harder to get into, higher-quality, less expensive,
good reputation
-private- easy to get into, lower-quality, more expensive,
questionable reputation
***
“Getting Acquainted”
A. Making
Questions
EX.What’s your nationality?
What’s your country of origin?
What’s your home country /mother country?
Where were you born?
1. When
did you arrive in Canada / this country?
When did you come / move to Canada / this
country?
How long have you been here?
2. What
languages do you speak?
How many languages do you speak?
What is your mother / first language?
What is your mother tongue?
3. Are
you married or single?
How many years have you been married?
What is your marital status?
single,married,common-law, separated,divorced,widowed
4. What
job did you do in Iran?
What career did you have in the past?
Did you have previous employment?
Do you have any related job experience?
5. What
do you do for work?
Are you curently employed?
What is your job now?
What do you do for a living?
I have a survival job, but I want to get a
better job.
6. How
many people are in your family?
Do you have any family here?
Where does your family live?
7. What
are your hobbies?
What do you like to do in your free time?
What do you like to do for fun?
8. What
is your favourite food?
What is your comfort food?
What types of cuisine do you like?
VOCAB cuisine- styles of food Italian,
Turkish, Chinese,etc.
