- Focuses on authentic, fluent and accurate language use through multiple learning modalities
- Develops a broad range of language skills, and academic and professional competencies
- Supports an interactive, motivating, and technologically-enhanced learning environment
- Builds welcoming, inclusive, and collaborative learning communities
- Promotes student engagement, critical thinking, and growth mindset
- Inspires life-long learning through relevant, interactive, and supportive lessons
Mission
Facilitate UWindsor English for academic pathway learners’ ability to fulfil their potential in study, work, and life
Vision
Prioritize the highest standards of teaching in equipping learners with essential English language skills, professional aptitudes, and wellness knowledge to thrive in a transitioning world
Values
Excellence: Proven learning outcomes to advance skill development
Diversity: Representation of diverse voices in all aspects of program delivery
Integrity: Equitable practices to promote outstanding learner experiences
Level Outcomes
Reading: Can understand longer texts on familiar topics and can recognize specific information on unfamiliar topics
Writing: Can write paragraphs on familiar and instructed topics
Listening: Can understand different styles of speech on topics of general interest, and can take notes
Speaking: Can communicate on familiar and unfamiliar topics to explain and connect ideas
Academic Skills: Can use language to express ideas, and can develop strategies to review and exchange information
Reading: Can read and understand with a high degree of independence topics of general interest and within academic fields
Writing: Can analyze and synthesize information to write about a variety of topics
Listening: Can understand and respond to spoken information on diverse topics, and use expanded notes
Speaking: Can communicate for a variety of purposes and manage interactions to convey intended meaning
Academic Skills: Can demonstrate complex language skills, and effective use of information and conversation management strategies
Reading: Can understand and analyze a variety of texts on a range of academic topics
Writing: Can evaluate significant issues to persuasively write on a variety of professional and academic topics
Listening: Can understand extended spoken information on diverse academic topics, and can critically evaluate points to use in argumentation
Speaking: Can communicate on a range of academic and professional topics, skillfully evaluating and expanding on others’ ideas and conveying precise meaning
Academic and Professional Skills: Demonstrate fluent and accurate language, awareness of diverse perspectives, and strategic use of academic and professional skills