CEFa
This course requires 5 options.

Community English (CEFa)

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 can write basic sentences about themselves.
Students can identify –ing verbs in sentences and begin to identify different verb tenses through yesterday/today sentences.
Students can make a presentation about themselves/personal information.
Students can listen to instructions in a variety of everyday contexts.
Getting to know you, your family, your class and Christchurch.
Students can speak and write about themselves and their families using 1st and 3rd person.

Term 2
Students can write 6 sentences to introduce someone they know well, focussing on accuracy of punctuation, letter formation and placement.
Students can write 6 sentences about their daily routines and say when they do things (using analogue or digital time).
Students can write 5+ sentences describing an animal, focusing on correct spelling of body parts and adjectives.

Term 3
Students can make a small presentation on an everyday personal topic.
Students can follow basic spoken instructions.
Students can demonstrate understanding of basic spoken texts.
Students can read, understand and respond to everyday scenarios.
Students can log in, create, modify and save a document on a computer.
Students can use present simple tense to write on personal topics and understand simple texts in present simple tense.

ELL

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)

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 30
Internal Assessed Credits: 30
External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
U.S. 30978 v1
NZQA Info

Demonstrate understanding of basic spoken texts in common everyday situations (EL Foundation)


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 10
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 30983 v1
NZQA Info

Demonstrate understanding of basic spoken instructions in common everyday situations (EL Foundation)


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 30993 v1
NZQA Info

Read and understand words and phrases in common everyday texts (EL Foundation)


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 31024 v1
NZQA Info

Present basic information on an everyday personal topic (EL Foundation)


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 31036 v1
NZQA Info

Complete basic forms with personal information (EL Foundation)


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 30
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0