ALBE English 150 (English Language Arts 30-2)

ALBE English 150 (English Language Arts 30-2)

Course number: ENGL 0015

Course length: 180 hrs

Course description:

ALBE English 150 is for students at the grade 12 entry level of reading, writing, and comprehension, and is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to succeed in college diploma programs. ALBE English 150 incorporates the six language arts; listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and depicting. The course uses an integrated approach to develop skills in critical reading, literacy analysis, expository writing, research and public speaking. The course requires a concentrated study of the various forms of literature. One novel or book-length nonfiction, feature film, one play, and a variety of short stories, essays, poems, visual and multimedia texts (short films, video clips and photographs), and popular nonfiction (news stories, feature articles, reviews, interviews and other forms of informative and persuasive text, including technical writing) are studied. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to write a well-constructed research paper. The course will prepare the learner to write the English 30-2 departmental examination. Upon completion of this course, students may choose to continue their studies in ALBE English 160. This course meets the English admission requirement for several Aurora College post-secondary programs.

Course delivery:

• In Person