LINC 6 is offered to new immigrants and Permanent Residents of Canada. Students study at Canadian Language Benchmark 6 for listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course focuses on the development of language skills for successful participation in community, workplace and school activities. Students gain knowledge about life in Canada and build the confidence to independently access community services and resources. Language skills are developed in a task based and interactive way, making use of ‘real’ life materials and situations, to ensure learning encompasses socio-cultural understandings and is relevant to the lives of the students and situations they may encounter.
Prerequisites
Three Level 5 Benchmarks as determined by a CLB placement test or a LINC course completion with recommendation to enter Level 6.
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What you will learn
- BC's laws and legal system; criminal law and civil law and the court
- Health and Safety; BC's health care system, emergencies and preparedness
- Money Matters; loans, mortgages and investments
- Canada; citizenship, rights and responsibilities, government and elections
- Canadian Culture; the great outdoors, cultural diversity
- Consumerism; resolving conflicts, marketing and scams
- Education and Learning; language learning strategies, post-secondary education
- Employment; job interviews, workplace communications
- Family and Relationships; parenting, dating and marriage
- Travel and Transportation; air travel, traveling across Canada
- Within all topics grammar is embedded and shown in context. LINC classes recognize that learners have diverse needs, and students undergo needs assessment in their classes to determine what the most relevant and meaningful topics are for the group. In addition students will be learning socio-cultural information about their new community. They will develop pragmatic skills that help mitigate communication breakdown and support their language acquisition.
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.