Hagley Community College
This course requires 5 options.
Community English (ELC)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Tara De Coninck.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING - COMMUNITY ENGLISH
Full and Part-time Senior Programmes available
English Language Learning (ELL) 'Community English' provides you with opportunities to learn English for living, working and studying in New Zealand.
Learning English will help you develop language and skills to improve your confidence, participate in your community and prepare you for a job and/or study.
Are you wanting to:
Use English in the community?
- Develop your confidence when speaking in English
- Practise using English in everyday situations
- Acquire correct pronunciation, stress and intonation
Enjoy reading and writing?
- Build your skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing for everyday tasks
- Learn to read a range of simple texts
- Write for real life purposes
Learn about NZ life and Culture?
- Improve your conversation skills for meeting new people and visiting new places
- Participate in group, class and activity-based discussions
- Develop life skills and contribute to community activities 'Kiwi style'
Course Overview
Term 1
Students know the alphabet and can confidently name and sound out each letter.
Students learn very basic computer skills.
Students can recognise the magenta sight words.
Students can confidently form the alphabet letters in upper and lower case.
Students know basic numbers and can confidently sound them out and form them.
Students can use the ‘sky-grass-ground’ as a writing guide.
Term 2
Students know the alphabet and can pronounce CVC words.
Students can introduce themselves.
Students can make connections between a word and its meaning.
Students can recognise the red sight words.
Students know basic numbers and can confidently sound them out, form and write them up to 20.
Students can recognise, speak and write amounts of money using correct terminology and conventions.
Term 3
Students can construct simple sentences.
Students can use learnt language patterns to communicate information.
Students can read CVC words.
Students can read simple sentences.
Students can integrate knowledge of numbers, money, and basic learnt vocabulary into simple phrases and sentences.
Students can recognise the yellow sight words.
Recommended Prior Learning
Course placement into all ELL programmes depends on your English language level. Please contact the Enrolment Centre for more information about the placement test.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Course Fee: $30 for Option Class
Assessment Information
ELL unit standards contribute to the New Zealand Certificate in English Language (NZCEL)and NCEA (Level 1 credits - Foundation & Level 1)
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