English as a second
Language

Listening and Speaking

The Listening and Speaking strand has three overall expectations. Students will:

  • Demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes
  • Use speaking skills and strategies to communicate in English for a variety of classroom and social purposes
  • Use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English.
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Reading.

The Reading strand has four overall expectations. Students will:

  • Read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes
  • Use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts
  • Use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary. Locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes.
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Writing

The Writing strand has four overall expectations. Students will:

  • Write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences
  • Organize ideas coherently in writing.
  • Use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation.
  • Use the stages of the writing process.
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