Languages

This is an intermediate level Post-Secondary English course,covering skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the completion of this course students should be able to read long texts of 1000 to 1500 words, including literature, and identify main ideas, paraphrase those ideas, guess the meaning of vocabulary from context, build vocabulary strategies, answer comprehension and detail questions, use reasoning to express personal opinion, make inferences, and analyse literary conventions of plot, character and setting, write four short essays, demonstrating the abilities to develop essay a variety of content types (classification, cause, effect, compare, contrast, expository), to organise essay structure using introduction and conclusion paragraphs, to use correct grammatical structures, to use correct writing mechanics (punctuation, capitalisation, spelling), to choose words and word forms and use them appropriately (levels of formality), to use quotations, to paraphrase, and to develop a resource list, make presentations and listen to lectures, demonstrating the abilities to search for information through a variety of means, to select and record information, to produce evidence to support arguments, to take notes, to demonstrate creativity in the use of non-verbal and non-textual aids, to think critically and analytically, to work cooperatively and individually, to present information formally and informally, to pronounce correctly, and to speak with little hesitation.

This is an intermediate level Post-Secondary English course, covering skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the completion of this course students should be able to demonstrate the same levels of skill in each area as outlined in PEAK 100. It is expected, however, that these students have sufficient English Language skills to carry 9.5 credits of university courses at the same time.

This is an advanced level Post-Secondary English course, covering skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the completion of this course students should be able to read long texts of over 2000 words, including literature, and identify main ideas, paraphrase text, use context to determine the meaning of vocabulary, use vocabulary development strategies, answer comprehension and detail questions, express personal opinion using detailed supporting arguments, make inferences, and analyse literary conventions of plot, character, setting and figures of speech, write five or more essays and a short research paper, demonstrating the abilities to develop a variety of essay content (cause, effect, compare, contrast, argumentative, persuasive), to narrow and choose topics, to organise essay structure using introduction and conclusion paragraphs, to use correct grammatical structures, to use correct writing mechanics (punctuation, capitalisation, spelling), to choose words and word forms and use them appropriately (levels of formality), to use appropriate citation style, to paraphrase and summarise research material, to understand plagiarism, to collect research data from the library, and to develop a bibliography, make presentations, listen to lectures, and participate in formal debates, demonstrate the abilities to research data through a variety of means, to select and record research data, to produce evidence and give rationales to support ideas and theories, to take effective notes, to demonstrate creativity in the use of non-verbal and non-textual aids, to think critically and analytically, to work both cooperatively and individually, to present information formally and informally, to pronounce correctly, to speak fluently and to rephrase.

This is an advanced level Post-Secondary English course, covering skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the completion of this course students should be able to demonstrate the same levels of skill in each area as outlined in PEAK110. It is expected, however, that these students have sufficient English Language skills to carry 9.5 credits of university courses at the same time.

This course gives an opportunity to do intensive study of University ESL by a student working closely with a member of the ESL faculty in tutorial meetings. Students must apply well in advance to a member of the ESL faculty in order to undertake a Directed Study. PEAK 199 is normally taken by students who are in the PEAK program but cannot participate in normal PEAK courses.

This course introduces the essentials of grammar, reading, and writing, and provides a working knowledge of the spoken and written Dutch language. It is not open to students with credit in grade 12-level Dutch.

This course is a continuation of DUTC 200.Prerequisites: DUTC 200

This course is an introduction to classical Greek with emphasis on grammar and on building basic vocabulary. It includes the reading of simple texts and, in the second term, the reading of Xenophon's Anabasis.

This course begins with a review of Greek grammar. It continues with extensive and intensive readings in the Greek New Testament. Students will build on the Greek grammar and vocabulary learned in GREK 205, and increase their ability to read the text of the New Testament. Students will begin to learn linguistic exegetical skills.

This course will provide students who have no prior experience with Spanish with an introduction to spoken, aural and written language at a university level.