ENGL 0501
Advanced English Skills
0 Credit
Description
ENGL 0501 (previously ENGL 028) is the equivalent of academic English 11 and has been articulated to meet the standards of similar English 11 courses in British Columbia. It covers the basic steps in essay writing and the basic rules of grammar, punctuation, and word usage. It also examines select literary terms as they apply to short narratives, essays, poems, a play, and a novel.
Delivery Method
Delivery is self-paced, allowing you the flexibility to proceed through the course according to your own schedule. The course is available in print or online versions. TRU-Open Learning has no admission requirements and you can register for this course at any time throughout the year..
Prerequisites
Grade 10 English, ENGL 0401 (previously ENGL 010), or equivalent. Placement can be made on the basis of an English Assessment. Note: Students should obtain an English Language and Writing Assessment form and have their skills assessed to make sure they start with the course best-suited to their needs. The form is available on the TRU-OL website and from Students Services.
Objectives
- To develop the British Columbia ABE Advanced English core skills.
Course Outline
Unit One
- Apply principles of effective writing and the first and second steps in essay writing
- Apply several pre-writing techniques
- Analyse a story
- Complete exercises on subject and verb forms
- Revise, edit, and rewrite compositions
- Write a paragraph
- Write a short story
- Place major and minor details in logical order
- Write a thesis statement
Unit Two
- Apply the third and fourth steps in essay writing
- Distinguish between narrative and expository writing
- Correct sentence fragments, run-on sentences, misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and faulty parallelism
- Write two paragraphs
- Write an essay using examples
- Write sentences that contain connecting words or phrases
Unit Three
- Use comparison and contrast effectively in essay development
- Use cause and effect effectively in essay development
- Identify and use figures of speech that make or imply comparisons
- Learn effective literary terms/devices
- Write with correct pronoun agreement, pronoun reference, pronoun point of view, pronoun types, adjectives, and adverbs
- Analyse a personal essay
- Correctly use apostrophes, commas, colons, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, and capital letters
- Write a review, or an analysis of bias and balance in televised investigative reporting
- Edit, revise, and rewrite essays
Unit Four
- Format a paper
- Follow rules for abbreviating and writing out in full
- Apply the following literary terms to literature: foreshadowing, characterization, plot, theme, conflict, symbolism, irony, and mood
- Write one argumentative essay
- Write five literary analysis paragraphs about a novel
- Edit and revise an essay and paragraphs at a higher level than before
- Do preliminary planning for writing an analytical essay in the next unit
Unit Five
- Plan and write a paragraph
- Write a literary essay on Of Mice and of Men
- Use a library to do research (optional)
- Correct or avoid errors related to commonly confused words, slang, pretentious wording, clichés, and wordiness
- Vary your sentence patterns
- Edit, revise, and rewrite one paragraph and one essay
Unit Six
- Revise, edit and rewrite essays better
- Write a literary essay on a play
- Write either a rhetorical mode essay or a unit theme orientated essay on handling adversity
- Distinguish between connotation and denotation
- Practice your editing skills
- Prepare for the final exam
Maximum Completion
30 weeks. As many courses are self-paced, students may choose to complete a course in less than the allowed maximum time.
Required Text and Materials
Students will receive all course materials including the textbook in their course package.
- Langan, John and Sharon Winstanley. College Writing Skills with Readings. Second Canadian Edition. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2000.
Type: Text book
- Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. First published in 1937. Penguin, 1993.
Type: Novel
- Open Learning Agency. Readings in English 028. Open Learning Agency, 1996.
Type: Anthology
- Taylor, Drew H.. The Baby Blues. Talonbooks, 1999.
Type: Novel
Additional Requirements
Computer with Internet is required for the web-based version of this course.
Open Learning Faculty Member Information
An Open Learning Faculty Member is available to assist students. Primary communication is by phone if you are taking the print version of the course or by email if you are taking the online version. You will receive a welcome letter or email from the Open Learning Faculty Member providing contact information when you start the course.
Assessment
In order to successfully complete this course, students must obtain at least 50 % on the final mandatory examination and 50 % overall. It is strongly recommended that students complete all assignments in order to achieve the learning objectives of the course. The total mark will be determined on the following basis:
Students must pass the final exam to receive a passing grade in the course.
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