This is a required basic course in functional grammar, vocabulary development and written and oral communication skills development which will benefits students who are currently enrolled in the NEC Indigenous Early Childhood Education program. It is intended to help develop university level communication and composition skills, as well as to provide effective communication skills which are applicable within an ECE setting. Topics include parts of speech, sentence and paragraph structure, writing and editing two in-class essays, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and oral presentation skills.