SAC High School Preparation Program (SAC ISP)

Program Description

• Communicating effectively in most situations that arise in daily life
• Identifying errors in communication and clarifying meaning
• Understanding speech spoken at a near native speaker speed
• Feeling comfortable meeting and talking with Canadians as well as people from other cultures
• Giving short presentations using Microsoft Word and Power Point
• Understanding and using simple and progressive forms of past, present, and future tenses
• Using common phrasal verbs and idioms
• Using modal verbs to express ability, permission, and advice
• Using context clues to improve reading comprehension
• Identifying main ideas and supporting details in written texts
• Distinguishing between fact and opinion
• Summarizing speeches and written texts
• Thinking critically and organizing ideas into outlines
• Writing well-organized opinion and descriptive paragraphs