COURSE OUTLINE

Enjoyment and Entertainment 1

ENG-1102-2 (50 hrs.)

Teacher: Gulyesim Reitmayer

Classroom: A116

OBJECTIVE

To help adult learners use oral and written discourse to deal competently with real-
life situations related to exploring Quebec and Canadian cultural expression. The
learners will primarily be exposed to informative, aesthetic, and expressive
genre, which might contain narrative, explanatory, and persuasive elements.

END-of-COURSE OUTCOMES

Understand and appreciate aesthetic texts (e.g. short stories, radio and
television dramas, Quebec and Canadian films)
Understand informative texts (e.g. newspaper magazine articles and reviews,
letters of inquiry and journal entries
Produce letters, short articles, and opinion texts to receive and provide
information about the issues of the day
Discuss interpretations, express and justify opinions, and share views and
responses to aesthetic experiences.

PREREQUISITES

ENG-1101-4 Informed Choices

CATEGORIES OF ACTIONS TO BE USED IN REAL LIFE SITUATIONS

Exploring traditional dance; attending a book fair at James Bay Eeyou School;
visiting Chisasibi Cultural Centre; watching Quebec and Canadian films; attending
story telling events; listening to Canadian television and radio shows; listening to
entertainment news; listening to interviews of Canadian artist, musicians, actors;
expressing appreciation of art, films, music; discusses films, plays, music;
exchanging information about cultural activities and events such as walking-out
ceremonies; exchanging information about Canadian artists and musicians such as
group CerAmony, Neil Young, Celine Dion; reading biographies; reading ads and
brochures; reading Canadian and Quebec stories and poems; reading reviews of
books and plays.
 TEXT BOOKS AND OTHER TEACHING TOOLS

Short movies (www.wapikoni.com)

Im Not Scared of You or Anything by Jon Paul Fiorentino (collection of short stories)
Being Caribou by Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson (movie)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner by Zacharias Kunuk (movie)
Twilight of a Land by Jean-Guillaume Caplain (documentary, 2008)
The Last Walk by Jean- Guillaume Caplain (documentary, 2006)
Short Stories by Alice Munro
Cree Poems and Stories by Margaret Sam-Cromarty
James Bay Memoirs by Margaret Sam-Cromarty
An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature by Daniel David Moses & Terry Goldie
Internet Access
Handouts (grammar worksheets, poems, short stories, etc.)
Visual Aids

TEACHING/LEARNING METHODS EMPLOYED

Self-study; group and/or peer work, games, simulations; individual work ( self-
assessment, evaluation, writing); projects; classroom lecture; tutoring; warm-up
exercises.
TARGETED KNOWLEDGE

Types of Discourse Reviews, commentaries, interviews, talk

shows, opinion texts, stories, short films,
poems, myths, letters
Discourse cues and features Titles, headings, subheadings;
introduction, body, conclusion; key words
and phrases; main ideas and supporting
details; structure ( plot, character,
setting, conflict, etc.), devices
(point of view, simile, metaphor imagery,
alliteration, personification)
Language functions Informative (evaluating oral and written
texts, discussing interpretations,
exchanging information);
expressive( expressing thoughts and
feelings, expressing likes, dislikes,
preferences); aesthetic ( expressing
appreciation, sharing responses)
Sociolinguistic features appropriateness to situation;
appropriateness to audience
Grammar and syntax Word level (prefixes and suffixes; relative
pronouns; active/passive; adjective and
adverbs; modals; conjunctions;
prepositions, articles); sentence level
( grammatical
agreement)compound/complex
sentences); paragraph level
[ Consistency; coherence
(example/illustration); rhetorical
 elements ( formal/informal language and
active/passive voice), style ( accuracy of
information, clarity of expression)]

The writing system Spelling ( homonyms, troublesome

plurals) and punctuation; language
functions

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Interacts effectively using a limited range of oral texts (20%)

Understands a limited range of oral texts effectively (30%)
Reads a limited range of texts effectively (25%)
Writes a limited range of texts effectively (25%)

EXAM CONTENT

Express and justify opinions

Read informative (identify the main idea, supporting details and persuasive
devices and evaluate the reliability) and aesthetic (evaluate the aesthetic
quality of the text and show understanding of the inferences and literal
devices) texts.
Produce an informative (short review)/or aesthetic text (letter of appreciation
or blog entry).

Information Gathering Tools: Observation sheets, questionnaires, written

production, learner portfolios

Assessment Tools: Evaluation Rubric based on a five level rating scale.