Course Overview
COMM 1000 provides training in technical English for international students in specialized programs at BCIT. Students are introduced to the rules and nuances of the English language to help them practice their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, with specific focus on technical English used in their area of specialization. Classes are learner-centred, with the instructor as facilitator who introduces concepts and guides student learning through individual practice and group work.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of COMM 1000, students will have had the opportunity to:
- WRITE
- Organize, draft, revise, and edit a variety of text.
- Identify and correct major grammatical, structural and lexical errors; demonstrate control over sentence structure errors in own writing.
- Use a wide range of sentence patterns appropriately in written tasks.
- Use appropriate vocabulary to express message clearly.
- READ
- Read and understand a wide variety of written materials of moderate length.
- Comprehend less familiar and/or technical terms using a range of decoding strategies and context clues.
- Adjust reading techniques according to the level of the material and the purpose of reading.
- SPEAK
- Ask questions to clarify instructions; respond to questions appropriately.
- Demonstrate the use of appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication skills (e.g., turn-taking, eye contact, body language).
- Participate effectively in a variety of classroom activities.
- LISTEN
- Understand discussions, instructions, and lectures at a normal rate of speech.
- Understand a variety of natural speech with a varied rate of delivery with some dependence on repetition.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2005
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