- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
This course prepares students to develop the necessary reading, writing, speaking, listening, and study skills to succeed in BCIT full-time programs. The course covers many essentials of business language skills. A grade of 50% in this course equals a "P" in English 12. For BCIT full-time program language entrance requirements, please check with the BCIT Admissions office. NOTE: Seat availability is limited and registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis only. We do not guarantee or reserve seats for students with no exceptions. Please also be mindful that taking the COMM 0015 test and receiving a placement does NOT guarantee students a seat for a course in the next available term/schedule. Financial aid is also available for this course. Your application must be submitted NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS
Prerequisite(s)
- For admission into COMM 0005, students must have completed ONE of the following: (1) COMM 0015 (placement at the COMM 0005 level) within the past 12 months OR (2) Completion of COMM 0004 within the last 12 months OR (3) CLB/LINC or CELPIP score of 8 in both reading and writing within the last 12 months OR (4) IELTS (academic format only) of 6.0 or better in both reading and writing within the last 24 months OR (5) Completion of ELSK 820 through the VCC Pathway program OR (6) Completion of ISEP Level 5 with 50% or better in each course (if taken before January 2021) OR (7) TAE 4 with 50% (if taken after January 2021) OR (8) CAEL score of 50 or better within the last 12 months OR (9) Previous completion of English 12 with a minimum score of 50% OR (10) An official placement into COMM 0005 from the Immigrant Services Society (ISS) OR (11) TOEFL overall score of 60 or better within the last 24 months OR (12) Completion of LEAP 7 and 8 or LEAP 8 in the Langara LEAP program. Please check our website for other placement level(s) if your scores do not meet the prerequisites for COMM 0005: https://www.bcit.ca/computing-academic-studies/communication/professional-english-language-development/placement/
Credits
0.0
Domestic fees
$657.27 - $693.92 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
Writing skills
- Draft, revise, and edit extended texts such as sustained series of paragraphs comprising a college level report.
- Identify and correct to eliminate all but occasional grammatical and lexical errors.
- Use a wide range of complex structures and a good control over sentence patterns.
- Use a wide range of vocabulary appropriate to the formality, level, subject area, topic and task.
- Set and adjust goals according to audience, purpose, form, and organization.
Reading skills
- Comprehend a wide variety of lengthy complex material (e.g. technical manuals, journal articles, formal and informal reports).
- Comprehend a complete range of structures to be able to fully interact with the text.
Speaking skills
- Participate in a variety of complex academic activities or situations involving multiple purposes and participants (e.g. group work, discussions, seminars, presentations).
- Respond to questions and feedback and maintain or extend an exchange.
- Use a wide range of vocabulary, idioms, and colloquial expressions to handle most study situations typical of academic environments.
- Use a wide range of structures fluently and appropriately with very few errors which interfere with meaning.
Listening skills
- Understand conversations, discussions, instructions, lectures at a normal rate of speech, despite unfamiliar or low frequency vocabulary.
- Understand natural speech incorporating changes in rate of delivery and a full range of structures.
- Understand a range of vocabulary, idioms, colloquial expressions and technical terminology to handle most study situations typical of an academic environment.
- Take effective notes from oral academic discourse (e.g. lectures, presentations, videos).
Effective as of Fall 2008
Related Programs
Technical Communication Skills for EAL Students 4 (COMM 0005) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
School of Business + Media
- Business Fundamentals
Associate Certificate Full-time
Course Offerings
Winter 2026
Below are four offerings of COMM 0005 for the Winter 2026 term.
CRN 74057
Dates
Jan 05 - Feb 23 Loading
- CRN 74057
- $693.92 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
Duration
7 weeks
Instructor
Tamara Ghomari
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING ** The TUITION portion of this course ($633.81) is FREE for Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents. However, ALL students will still need to pay the ancillary SERVICE FEES ($60.11) such as Student Association fee, Student ID Card fee, etc. If you are registering through the online system and are exempt from payment of the TUITION portion, a fee waiver will be applied to your account within 2 business days. Please log into your my.bcit.ca account after the two business days to make payment for the service fees only. BCIT must receive the service fees payment within 2 business days from the time your account was adjusted. ** THIS PAYMENT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE A SEAT IN THE COURSE. ** If your tuition has not been waived after 2 business days, please call Student Information and Enrolment Services at 604-434-1610 for assistance with service fees payment. We CANNOT guarantee your seat back into the course once you have been dropped from the course for non-payment. For payment options, please check our website at: www.bcit.ca/financial-services/students/payment-options-at-bcit/. You will also need to check course prerequisites before registering. Please email your test scores/transcript and BCIT student number to PELD@bcit.ca as department approval is required to register for this course. This is an IN-PERSON course with classes held every Mondays, Wednesdays, AND Fridays from 08:30 to 12:30 at the BURNABY campus. Students are required to attend classes on all three days. There is no class on Feb 16 due to stat holiday.
Status
CRN 17799
Dates
Jan 10 - Feb 22 Loading
- CRN 17799
- $657.27 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 - Feb 22 | Sat, Sun | 08:30 - 16:30 | Online |
Duration
7 weeks
Instructor
Tamara Ghomari
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Internet delivery format.
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING ** The TUITION portion of this course ($633.81) is FREE for Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents. However, ALL students will still need to pay the ancillary SERVICE FEES ($23.46) such as Student Association fee, Student ID Card fee, etc. If you are registering through the online system and are exempt from payment of the TUITION portion, a fee waiver will be applied to your account within 2 business days. Please log into your my.bcit.ca account after the two business days to make payment for the service fees only. BCIT must receive the service fees payment within 2 business days from the time your account was adjusted. ** THIS PAYMENT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE A SEAT IN THE COURSE. ** If your tuition has not been waived after 2 business days, please call Student Information and Enrolment Services at 604-434-1610 for assistance with service fees payment. We CANNOT guarantee your seat back into the course once you have been dropped from the course for non-payment. For payment options, please check our website at: www.bcit.ca/financial-services/students/payment-options-at-bcit/. You will also need to check course prerequisites before registering. Please email your test scores/transcript and BCIT student number to PELD@bcit.ca as department approval is required to register for this course. This is an ONLINE course with classes held every Saturdays AND Sundays from 08:30 to 16:30. Students are required to attend classes on both days. Please log into learn.bcit.ca using your BCIT student email and password on the first day of your online class. You will NOT be able to log into the course before the start date.
Status
CRN 73118
Dates
Feb 27 - Apr 17 Loading
- CRN 73118
- $693.92 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
Duration
7 weeks
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING ** The TUITION portion of this course ($633.81) is FREE for Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents. However, ALL students will still need to pay the ancillary SERVICE FEES ($60.11) such as Student Association fee, Student ID Card fee, etc. If you are registering through the online system and are exempt from payment of the TUITION portion, a fee waiver will be applied to your account within 2 business days. Please log into your my.bcit.ca account after the two business days to make payment for the service fees only. BCIT must receive the service fees payment within 2 business days from the time your account was adjusted. ** THIS PAYMENT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE A SEAT IN THE COURSE. ** If your tuition has not been waived after 2 business days, please call Student Information and Enrolment Services at 604-434-1610 for assistance with service fees payment. We CANNOT guarantee your seat back into the course once you have been dropped from the course for non-payment. For payment options, please check our website at: www.bcit.ca/financial-services/students/payment-options-at-bcit/. You will also need to check course prerequisites before registering. Please email your test scores/transcript and BCIT student number to PELD@bcit.ca as department approval is required to register for this course. This is an IN-PERSON course with classes held every Mondays, Wednesdays, AND Fridays from 08:30 to 12:30 at the BURNABY campus. Students are required to attend classes on all three days.
Status
CRN 10711
Dates
Feb 28 - Apr 12 Loading
- CRN 10711
- $657.27 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28 - Apr 12 | Sat, Sun | 08:30 - 16:30 | Online |
Duration
7 weeks
Instructor
TBD
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Internet delivery format.
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING ** The TUITION portion of this course ($633.81) is FREE for Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents. However, ALL students will still need to pay the ancillary SERVICE FEES ($23.46) such as Student Association fee, Student ID Card fee, etc. If you are registering through the online system and are exempt from payment of the TUITION portion, a fee waiver will be applied to your account within 2 business days. Please log into your my.bcit.ca account after the two business days to make payment for the service fees only. BCIT must receive the service fees payment within 2 business days from the time your account was adjusted. ** THIS PAYMENT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE A SEAT IN THE COURSE. ** If your tuition has not been waived after 2 business days, please call Student Information and Enrolment Services at 604-434-1610 for assistance with service fees payment. We CANNOT guarantee your seat back into the course once you have been dropped from the course for non-payment. For payment options, please check our website at: www.bcit.ca/financial-services/students/payment-options-at-bcit/. You will also need to check course prerequisites before registering. Please email your test scores/transcript and BCIT student number to PELD@bcit.ca as department approval is required to register for this course. This is an ONLINE course with classes held every Saturdays AND Sundays from 08:30 to 16:30. Students are required to attend classes on both days. Please log into learn.bcit.ca using your BCIT student email and password on the first day of your online class. You will NOT be able to log into the course before the start date.
Status
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.