Quebec · Secondary 5
English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3
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Quebec’s Secondary 5 English language course, from Culture to Texts.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 7
- Skills
- 16
- Provincial exam
- 50% of the final mark
- Official curriculum
- Québec Progression des apprentissages
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 6 skills
Culture
Exploring and comparing English-language cultures
Using English: Explores cultural products from English-language cultures
Skill 1.1
Using English: Compares cultural products from English-language cultures wi
Skill 1.2
Using English: Explores daily life practices from English-language cultures
Skill 1.3
Using English: Compares daily life practices from English-language cultures
Skill 1.4
Using English: Explores communication conventions from English-language cul
Skill 1.5
Using English: Compares communication conventions from English-language cul
Skill 1.6
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 1.1
- Explores cultural products from English-language cultures
- 1.2
- Compares cultural products from English-language cultures with own culture
- 1.3
- Explores daily life practices from English-language cultures
- 1.4
- Compares daily life practices from English-language cultures with own culture
- 1.5
- Explores communication conventions from English-language cultures
- 1.6
- Compares communication conventions from English-language cultures with own culture
Unit 2 · 6 skills
Language Repertoire
Language for informing and describing
Using English: Health and Well-Being
Skill 2.1
Using English: Uses information
Skill 2.2
Using English: Vocabulary for personal and career planning
Skill 2.3
Using English: Uses creativity
Skill 2.4
Language for expressing ideas and opinions
Using English: Uses knowledge of targeted grammatical structures to constru
Skill 2.5
Using English: Uses targeted grammatical structures to express oral and wri
Skill 2.6
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 2.1
- Health and Well-Being (e.g. hygiene) Personal and Career Planning (Cycle 1) / Career Planning and Entrepreneurship (Cycle 2) (e.g. occupations) Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities (e.g. pollution) Media Literacy (e.g. copyrights) Citizenship and Community Life (e.g. democracy) E 10 Uses targeted vocabulary related to the development of the cross-curricular competencies:
- 2.2
- Uses information (e.g. source) Solves problems (e.g. solution) Exercises critical judgment (e.g. viewpoints) Uses creativity (e.g. trial and error) Adopts effective work methods (e.g. process) Uses information and communications technologies (e.g. networks) Achieves his/her potential (e.g. autonomy) Cooperates with others (e.g. teammates) Communicates appropriately (e.g. audience) E Uses targeted vocabulary related to communication and learning strategies (e.g. skim: quick read)
- 2.3
- Personal and Career Planning (Cycle 1) / Career Planning and Entrepreneurship (Cycle 2) (e.g. occupations)
- 2.4
- Uses creativity (e.g. trial and error)
- 2.5
- Uses knowledge of targeted grammatical structures to construct meaning of oral and written messages
- 2.6
- Uses targeted grammatical structures to express oral and written messages
Unit 3 · 3 skills
Strategies
Communication strategies
Using English: selects which ones to use for a given task
Skill 3.1
Consolidating your English strategies and functional language
Consolidating English: your lifelong strategies and functional language
I can pull together the everyday English I’ve built over the years and use it smoothly in a real task (B1).
Skill 3.2
Metacognitive strategies
Using English: Tries to communicate with someone who speaks English; learns
Skill 3.3
The official wording · 3 outcomes
- 3.1
- selects which ones to use for a given task
- 3.2
- Links new information to what is already known
- 3.3
- Tries to communicate with someone who speaks English; learns about English- language cultures and practises English with others
Key ideas
This session gathers the lifelong English that runs through every year — use it together in one real exchange rather than one piece at a time.
Social language: open and close smoothly — greet and respond ('Hi, how’s it going?' / 'Good, thanks — you?'), be courteous ('please', 'thank you', 'excuse me', 'sorry'), and ask for help when stuck ('Could you help me?', 'What does … mean?').
Support your speaking: use gestures and expression when a word won’t come, and hold your listener’s attention by keeping eye contact and staying on topic instead of drifting.
Watch how you sound: aim for clear pronunciation — the 'th' in 'think/that', word stress, and rising intonation on yes/no questions — so you’re easy to understand.
Draw on your own word bank: reach for your topic vocabulary first, and when a word is missing, paraphrase around it ('the thing you cut paper with' = scissors).
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 1 skill
Texts
Text types
Using English: Explores a variety of authentic popular, literary and inform
Skill 4.1
The official wording · 1 outcomes
- 4.1
- Explores a variety of authentic popular, literary and information-based texts
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The mark you need
Your class mark counts for 50% of the final mark, the exam for 50%. Quebec may moderate your class mark before it’s blended.
You need
65% on the exam
With 75% in class, your final mark lands between 37.5% (0 on the exam) and 87.5% (100% on it).
The official curriculum
This page follows Quebec’s own curriculum for English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3.
Study it in MapleMind
MapleMind teaches English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 one skill at a time. Each skill gets a short lesson, practice as you go and a check worth up to three stars. It remembers where you stopped.
Course Companion
Your year in one workbook
A fun way to keep English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 organized, get to know your child better and see early when they need a hand. Fill it in on a screen, or print it.
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Questions about English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3
What is English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3?
Quebec’s Secondary 5 English language course: 4 units and 16 skills, from Culture to Texts.
What units are in English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3?
1. Culture, 2. Language Repertoire, 3. Strategies and 4. Texts.
Is there a provincial exam for English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3?
Yes. The English as a Second Language, Core Program, Secondary V counts for 50% of the final mark. Next sitting: January 11, 2027.
Can MapleMind help with English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3?
Yes. MapleMind teaches every skill of English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3, step by step, with practice and checks, and its tutor answers questions about any of them. It’s free with daily limits, on iPhone, Android and the web.
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