Airport Operations English Interactions
Course Overview This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students in the AO program to gain a broad perspective of the varied communication experiences that exist in an academic learning environment as well as that related to the workplace. This course will consist of components designed to instruct students in listening, speaking, reading and writing at an academic level. Course Objectives The overall goal of this course is that students will develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills for general and academic environments. As much as possible, this will include language within the context related what students will experience at a tertiary educational institution such as BCIT. Learning outcomes Upon successful completion of this course students will: • read at a level of comprehension acceptable for entry into BCIT • write academic paragraphs or essays at a level acceptable for entry into BCIT • listen at a level of comprehension acceptable for entry into BCIT • use English to participate in group and class discussions at an academic level • Effective use and understand expressions related to airport operations Course Requirements and Evaluation Homework and Participation (evaluated every class): 15% Quizzes and Assignments : 65% (Listening quizzes; reading quizzes; writing assignments; etc.) Midterm: 20% Final: 30% Course Materials * Required Texbook: WorldView 3, by Gillie Cunningham, Robin Wileman, Sue Mohamed, Araminta Crace New Directions (2nd ed): Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking by Peter, S. Gardner. * Instructor Handouts
* Highly Recommended: English-English dictionary (preferably Oxford or Cambridge Advanced Learner’s
Course Syllabus* Week Prepare for Class Work Due -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Learning styles / Types of Intelligence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Sleep for better students Writing assignment one Pronoun Antecedent agreement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Proverbs Noun endings - countable/uncountable/generic Writing assignment two --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Australia / travel Toys of the Future How Rude Conditionals Modals - prediction&permission Writing assignment three --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Achievement Up in the Air Tomorrow's World Perfect tenses Writing assignment four --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Weather Job Interviews Coincidences Indirect statements & questions Narrative past tenses Writing assignment five --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Commuter blues expressions of time Review Midterm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Going it alone A star is born What's in the fridge Present unreal conditional Passive Verb + gerund Writing assignment six --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Long Walk to Freedom
Turning points Looks good Prohibition & permission Past perfect Relative clauses Writing assignment seven --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Just looking Shaking hands Growing up Persuasive language Future real conditionals & present unreal conditionals Phrasal verbs Writing assignment eight --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11 Neat and clean A winning formula If only Passive causatives Past unreal conditionals Relative clauses Writing assignment nine --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 Positive thinking Ice maiden Personalities Past modals Writing assignment ten Review --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13 Final Exam Week --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Vocabulary quizzes, grammar quizzes, listening quizzes and reading quizzes may occur throughout the week.