Hagley Community College Hagley Community College

Academic English (ELL4)

ELL4
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Lesley Cowie.

Recommended Prior Learning

Entry Requirements

Enrolment upon placement test or NCEA record of achievement and interview.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING - ACADEMIC ENGLISH

Part-time ELL class for Young Adolescents and adults who are under 25, alongside other mainstream subjects to make up a full-time programme

ELL4: Level 3 English Language credits (General - Applied), leading to Level 4 EAP - Academic reading & writing credits for UE literacy, where appropriate 


These classes prepare students for higher-level study and are suitable for students who wish to study at a university, polytechnic or improve their formal English in the workplace.


Course Components

  • Speak and participate in academic settings such as an interview, speech
  • Improve your academic listening and reading skills
  • Develop clear and effective writing skills for communication in academic situations or the workplace

Course Overview

Term 1
Students can listen to instructions to perform a task.
Students can read a variety of texts to locate gist, specific information, main ideas and inference.
Students can write a text for a practical purpose.
Topics – varied (reading), cover letters, job ads (writing).
Co –requisite ongoing work connected to units/topics.

Term 2
Students can work through reading comprehension activities at a self-managed pace.
Students can identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.
Students can understand the structure of a written text and write it accordingly (intro, body paragraphs, conclusion).
Students can write a body paragraph according to the PEEL/TEXAS acronyms.
Co –requisite ongoing work connected to units/topics.

Term 3
Students can consolidate reading skills in preparation for assessments.
Students can read a variety of texts and apply appropriate reading strategies.
Students can make a presentation on a familiar topic.

Learning Areas:

ELL


Assessment Information

ELL unit standards contribute to the New Zealand Certificate in English Language, NCEA and Literacy unit standards.


0 15-20 $0 Tick
EXTERNAL INTERNAL CREDITS ENTRY SUGGESTION
CREDITS ELL L3 OR L4 OR LIT1 (CAA) Enrolment upon placement test or NCEA record of achievement and
interview.