P2 EF6 Class 2

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Course overview- handouts

Distribute PLOs A,B,C,D

·      Structure of SHEC

·      Postsecondary opportunities

·      Self-Assessment Reflections

·      Small group chatting- icebreaker

·      Student Questionnaire

·      HW   Read over dialogue “Choosing a Phone Plan”

“Overview of Sentence Types”

Look over the PLOs for homework. We will start to discuss them Monday

 

Monday

·      Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

·      Begin sentence work

·      Dialogues

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** Course Outline**

 

English Foundations 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Structure of SHEC- South Hill Education Centre

 

Quarter 1 Sept-Nov

Quarter 2 Nov- Jan

Quarter 3 Feb-Apr

Quarter 4 Apr-Jun

Summer

 

 

Levels of classes in SHEC

 

English Foundations - EF - core course for adults

 

VOCAB core- centre, most important

apple core

computer core

  

EF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

 

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

 

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) is for people who have not finished high school anywhere in the world.

e.g. under or are 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 for being here, you are welcome here. I am really glad you’re here.

 

 

I’ve been teaching at SHEC since 1993.

Adult Education was my first choice.

 

You are choosing to be here.

I am choosing to be here.

 

There are reasons why we are here.

 

Most of us have goals that we want to achieve.

-improve English for life in Vancouver

-get a better job

-go to college or university, post-secondary

-make new friends

-build a community

-start a business, establish a business

-get PR- Permanent Resident (Landed Immigrant), citizenship- English requirement

 

It’s your choice to be here. It’s my choice to be here.

Let’s bring our best to class. We’ll learn more and have much more fun.

 

One of the secrets of life: Convincing yourself that you are interested.

 

 

EF7 OR Literary Studies 10 & Composition 10

 

EF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

EF 7 is the highest level of English Foundations

There is no EF8, EF9 or EF10

 

EF7 /CompLit10  ---  English 11

 

 

 

 

When you get to the English 11 level

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

First Peoples 11- focussed on First Nations, Inuit, Metis - Indigenous studies

 

-English 12 level

Literary Studies 12 & Composition 12 – choice to do First Peoples 12

 

First Peoples 11 and 12 focussed on First Nations

Very useful and interesting.

In Canada, knowledge of First Nations is essential- good citizen, jobs, careers

 

 

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA HELP WITH WRITING- sentence, paragraph, essay

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

 

I teach- details about sentence writing, paragraph writing

sentences- sentence types, clauses, punctuation, verb tense, verb form

 

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

 

auxiliary(adj)- casual employee   She is an auxiliary worker. She has no set hours and no regular schedule. She is on-call.

 

Consider Writing Improvement 567 – supplemental course, extra writing instruction

 

 

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

Chemistry 12, Calculus 12, Anatomy and Physiology 12

 

 

** 10- minute break** 

 

Colleges and universities require English 12 and other 12-level courses, for the most part.

 

 

 

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

You can go to postsec if you want and if your marks meet the criteria.

You will be applying as a mature student.

VOCAB mature student- older than 21? 23?

 

You will have your courses and the marks.

 You apply to whatever schools you want.

 

**Vocabulary for levels of schooling in Canada

 

-preschool

 

-elementary – Kindergarten – Grade 7, K-7

German kinder- child  garten-garden

 

*** EF 1-7  and Grades 1-7 are not the same thing.

 

 

-secondary- high school

Vancouver- Grades 8-12

Toronto- Grades 9-12

 

Nova Scotia- Grades 10-12  

Elementary K-6

Junior High School (middle school) 7-9

High School- 10-12

 

Every province is different in Canada. Education in Canada is part of the provincial government.

 

 

-post-secondary – after high school- college, university

post- after

pre- before

 

-college program

 

-university- degree- undergraduate program, bachelor degrees, BA- Bachelor of Arts, BSc- Bachelor of Science

 

-graduate school- masters degree  MA-Masters of Arts, MSc- Masters of Science, MEng- Masters of Engineering

 

-post-graduate- PhD- Doctor of Philosophy,  doctorate

 

-post-doctoral work- researcher, professor

 

 

 

 

-college- certificate, diploma

-university- grant degrees- bachelor, masters, doctorate

 

vocational school – VCC, BCIT - skilled trades-

skilled trades in Canada- good $$

 

MY FREE ADVICE     Avoid private colleges and universities. The quality is

low. The price is high.

Stick to the public colleges and universities if possible: VCC, Langara, Kwantlen, Capilano U., BCIT, SFU, UBC, etc.

 

 

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All post-secondary programs will have their own entry requirements.

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.

e.g.         entrepreneur- business owner

               carpenter- skilled trade

               medical lab assistant

               caregiver for seniors

               social worker

               librarian assistant

 

You can start to research what prereqs your postsec requires.

prereq- prerequisites

requisite- required

EF6 is a prereq for EF7.

 

 

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

university- offers degrees, often 3-4 years

 

What kind of job do you want?

 

SILLY QUESTIONS I ASKED MY CHILDREN

In your job:

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?

 

 

 

 

 

WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:

Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca/

 

FREE ADVICE:

Start thinking about it. Start planning.

There is a lot of opportunity.

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

You can do it.

 

A lot of adults in Canada go to post-sec either part-time or full-time.

 

Our academic advisors are very knowledgeable and helpful:

Jacquie, Sylvia, Joanne, Dana.

 

Colleges and universities have their own advisors.

Look at the college/university website for information sessions.

 

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