This course focuses on beginner grammatical structures to improve students' spoken and written English. Key components of the course are the presentation and the beginning of analysis of grammatical form, meaning and usage. Students are given opportunities for grammar practice and production.
Prerequisites
CLB 2 Listening, CLB 2 Speaking, CLB 2 Reading, CLB 2 Writing.
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What you will learn
- 1. Strategies and techniques specific to improvements in spoken and written beginner level grammar
2. Expressing past time
3. Questions with what, who, where, when, why and what time
4. Regular and irregular verbs
5. Time clauses
6. The present, present progressive and the past progressive
7. Questions with present vs. present progressive
8. Simple past vs. past progressive
9. Expressing future time
10. Verb summary: present, past and future
11. Making comparisons
How to register
Please contact the School of Instructor Education at 604.871.7488 or 604.871.7499 or by email at advising@vcc.ca to apply.
For more information, please see the PIDP Program Content Guide.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.