Intensive Academic Reading and Writing (ELSK 0930)

ELSK 0930 is a full-time intensive academic reading and writing course designed to meet the needs of English as an Additional Language students who wish to upgrade their academic English to the post-secondary level. This course builds on the academic tasks introduced in ELSK 0820 and will introduce literary analysis.
Course code: ELSK 0930
Credits: 0.0
Length: 240.0 hours
Course outline: view https://www.vcc.ca/vccphp/courseoutline?subject=ELSK&number=0930

Prerequisites

ELSK 0820, ELSK 0715 or higher; English Language Assessment with minimum 20/30 in Reading Comprehension, 15 in Essay, 20/30 in Listening, 24/30 in Speaking.
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Additional Information

  • Argumentative, Research, and Literary Analysis Essay Modes
  • Grammatical structures appropriate for college-entry level writing
  • Research skills (evaluating sources, quotations, citation, bibliography) and use of a variety of research tools (on-line and library-based)
  • Proof-reading, paraphrasing,and summarizing skills from range of genres
  • Critical thinking and reading skills (i.e identifying bias and propaganda)
  • Vocabulary study for college-entry level including the Academic Word List
  • Increasing Reading rate in a range of genres
  • Analysis of major literary forms

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

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