<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:0cm;mso-char-indent-count: 0"><span lang="EN-CA">This course extends students’ skill in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English for a variety of everyday and academic purposes. Students will make short classroom presentations; read a variety of adapted and original texts in English; and write using a variety of forms of text. Students will also expand their academic vocabulary and their study skills to facilitate the transition to the mainstream school program. This course also introduces students to the rights and responsibilities inherent in Canadian citizenship, and to a variety of current Canadian issues.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>