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ESAL 0120 Basic Grammar (4,0,0) ESAL 0120 Basic Grammar (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students learn basic forms of English Grammar including simple and progressive verb tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, and an introduction to modals. Students practice these structures through communicative and functional activities.
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ESAL 0130 Basic Integrated Language Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0130 Basic Integrated Language Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course offers integrated skills with an emphasis on improving English proficiency and understanding of Canadian culture. It includes continued practice in listening, speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary building, grammar, reading, writing and learning strategies. It also includes using computer technology and university and community resources.
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ESAL 0150 Basic Oral Communication (4,0,0) ESAL 0150 Basic Oral Communication (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Through listening comprehension and oral performances, students practice their communication skills. Students learn to comprehend the main ideas in short passages and listen for specific detail as well as engage in short conversations, report personal information, and express opinions.
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ESAL 0170 Basic Reading Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0170 Basic Reading Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course focuses on reading strategies. Emphasis is on vocabulary growth and comprehension and expression of the main idea. Students develop study and reading skills such as pre-reading and reading rate strategies.
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ESAL 0180 Basic Writing Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0180 Basic Writing Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course will focus on writing strategies. Emphasis will be on development of sentence structure and sentence variety to the paragraph level. Students will also be introduced to the paragraph form, including expression of the main idea in topic sentences.
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ESAL 0220 Pre-Intermediate Grammar (4,0,0) ESAL 0220 Pre-Intermediate Grammar (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course is intended to assist students in improving and practicing their spoken English and written grammar. Students study past, present and future verb tenses in the simple, progressive and perfect forms. Students also study phrasal verbs, comparatives, prepositions, modals, determiners, articles, and agreement.
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ESAL 0230 Pre-Intermediate Integrated Language Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0230 Pre-Intermediate Integrated Language Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course integrates language skills with an emphasis on improving English proficiency and understanding of Canadian culture. It includes continued practice in listening, speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary building, grammar, reading, writing and learning strategies. Students also use computer technology, and university and community resources.
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ESAL 0250 Pre-Intermediate Oral Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0250 Pre-Intermediate Oral Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students improve their communication skills by developing their listening and speaking skills.
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ESAL 0270 Pre-Intermediate Reading Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0270 Pre-Intermediate Reading Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This reading course continues to strengthen basic skills of vocabulary development and comprehension with a variety of written material of gradually increasing difficulty. The objective is to progress from mechanical to more meaningful reading.
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ESAL 0280 Pre-Intermediate Writing Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0280 Pre-Intermediate Writing Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This introductory composition course for second language students focuses on recognizing and practicing grammatical structures and sentence patterns, within the familiar thematic context of shared personal and cultural experience. Pre-writing and revision strategies are introduced.
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ESAL 0320 Intermediate Grammar 1 (4,0,0) ESAL 0320 Intermediate Grammar 1 (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Within the relevant academic contexts, a variety of difficult structures in English grammar are examined and practiced both orally and in written work. Structures include the tense aspect system; phrasal verbs; modal meanings, and the use of prepositions.
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ESAL 0340 Intermediate Grammar 2 (4,0,0) ESAL 0340 Intermediate Grammar 2 (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Within the relevant academic contexts, a variety of increasingly difficult structures in English grammar are examined and practiced for a better understanding of their uses. Structures include articles, count and non-count nouns and expressions of quantity, subject-verb agreement, the passive voice, gerunds and infinitives, and conditional sentences.
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ESAL 0350 Intermediate Oral Communication (4,0,0) ESAL 0350 Intermediate Oral Communication (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course is designed to enable students to refine conversational skills for the purpose of participating in academic discussions. This course focuses on acquiring strategies for effective oral communication. Students participate in group discussions, give oral presentations and practice their listening skills.
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ESAL 0370 Intermediate Reading and Study Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0370 Intermediate Reading and Study Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students continue to develop their vocabulary and build comprehension with a variety of reading selections of increasing difficulty. Reading materials include those selected by students and provide the basis for discussion, writing activities, study skill practice, and testing.
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ESAL 0380 Intermediate Composition (4,0,0) ESAL 0380 Intermediate Composition (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This writing course focuses on academic paragraph writing. Various forms and purposes for paragraph writing are analyzed and practiced. Sentence skills are reviewed and essay writing is introduced.
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ESAL 0420 Advanced Grammar (4,0,0) ESAL 0420 Advanced Grammar (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits The purpose of this course is to support advanced academic writing, by developing and refining the grammar and editing skills necessary to detect and remedy common ESL writing problems. While the focus is on accuracy, this course also includes logical analysis of the components of a composition, and editing for improved clarity and effectiveness.
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ESAL 0450 Advanced Oral Communication (4,0,0) ESAL 0450 Advanced Oral Communication (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students practice strategies for speaking clear and appropriate English in a variety of academic situations. Attention to fluency, pronunciation, and intonation is emphasized.
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ESAL 0470 Advanced Reading and Study Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0470 Advanced Reading and Study Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course includes a wide range of fictional and nonfictional reading. Emphasis is on the analysis and evaluation of form and content as well as on pre-reading strategies and vocabulary development. Study skills include note-taking, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
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ESAL 0480 Advanced Composition (4,0,0) ESAL 0480 Advanced Composition (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course reviews the paragraph as a component of the English essay. Emphasis is on the planning, development, and revision of multi-paragraph compositions. Students focus on specific problems with their writing and practice editing.
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ESAL 0570 Academic Reading Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0570 Academic Reading Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course is designed to prepare students for reading university level material effectively and efficiently. Specific approaches to reading are taught for factual and fictional writing. Emphasis is on the short story.
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ESAL 0580 Academic Writing (6,0,0) ESAL 0580 Academic Writing (6,0,0)Credits: 4 credits This course focuses on the process of writing. However, integral to the writing process are the skills of reading and listening, actively and critically. Collaboration and teamwork are important components of this course, as well. These skills enhance writing ability and also contribute generally to success in both education and employment. Students are expected to read, research, discuss, and work co-operatively, as part of the composition process.
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ESAL 0382 Intermediate Listening
Intermediate Listening (4,0,0) ESAL 0382 Intermediate Listening Intermediate Listening (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students are provided opportunities to practice their listening skills in the performance of a variety of increasingly challenging tasks. Students acquire strategies to improve their comprehension of the varieties of English encountered in social and academic environments.
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ESAL 0396 Intermediate Vocabulary for Academic English (4,0,0) ESAL 0396 Intermediate Vocabulary for Academic English (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits An elective designed for intermediate students, this course is useful for any intermediate student taking or planning to take academic courses. Students are introduced to specific words that are useful in a wide range of academic disciplines. Both the active and passive use of vocabulary is emphasized.
Prerequisites: ESAL 0250 and ESAL 0270 with a min. of 65% or a level 3 standing on the English placement test.
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ESAL 0308 Intermediate Pronunciation (4,0,0) ESAL 0308 Intermediate Pronunciation (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits For intermediate learners of English, this course is designed to improve the comprehension of spoken English, and intelligibility when speaking English. It helps students develop auditory sensitivity and improve accuracy, fluency, and confidence in their oral production of English. Phonological features are examined in isolation and in the context of meaningful passages.
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ESAL 0482 Advanced Listening Skills (4,0,0) ESAL 0482 Advanced Listening Skills (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course builds on previously developed listening skills. The course focuses on the listening skills required to process an academic lecture. Students identify the ideas and organization of lecture material, discussions, and debate, using specific listening skills. The information students hear is used for note-taking and other related activities.
Prerequisites: ESAL 0350 with a score of C+ or placement according to English placement test.
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ESAL 0452 Advanced English for Business Communication (4,0,0) ESAL 0452 Advanced English for Business Communication (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits This course is intended to prepare ESL students who are planning to enter or who are currently enrolled in a business-related course. This course offers the opportunity to work on all four basic communicative skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) while using the vocabulary and specialized requirements of business communications. Students develop and apply advanced technical skills as well.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion (C+ or better) of Level 3 ESAL or placement at level four according to English placement test.
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ESAL 0496 Advanced Vocabulary for Academic English (4,0,0) ESAL 0496 Advanced Vocabulary for Academic English (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits An elective designed for advanced students, this course is useful for any student for whom the vocabulary of academic English presents a challenge. This course introduces and reinforces strategies for becoming independent learners of vocabulary, and also teaches specific words useful in academic study. Vocabulary is linked with general knowledge to provide context as well as to add interest. While passive vocabulary (word recognition) is emphasized, the course also facilitates active use of new vocabulary.
Prerequisites: ESAL 0350 with a score of C+ minimum and placement according to English placement test or ESAL 0370 with a score of C+ minimum
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ESAL 0408 Advanced Pronunciation (4,0,0) ESAL 0408 Advanced Pronunciation (4,0,0)Credits: 3 credits For high-intermediate to advanced learners of English, this course is designed to improve the comprehension of spoken English, and intelligibility when speaking English. Students develop skills to assist them in predicting, producing, and perceiving the pronunciation of words and phrases. Students at the university level whose goals demand above-average oral skills and a wide range of active vocabulary will find this course particularly relevant and valuable.
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SRCL 1000 Introduction to Community Service-Learning (2,1,3P) SRCL 1000 Introduction to Community Service-Learning (2,1,3P)Credits: 3 credits This course, intended for a wide variety of community-minded first year students, provides students with opportunities to connect their academic course work with service in community organizations in Kamloops. The primary focus of this course is the service experience of the students. Concurrent with this experience, students broaden their personal, cultural, academic and professional knowledge through topics such as workplace culture and career exploration. Students demonstrate their service-learning through reflective oral and written assignments.
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