Level 3 English Communication
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs E. Bolland.
Learners will study how ideas are communicated through visual and verbal texts. They will close view a film, and will connect ideas across texts and select their best written work to form a portfolio. They will have the option to deliver a speech/seminar or study, interpret and contrast opposing opinions on a text.
Topics
- Respond critically to significant aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence.
- Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence.
- Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas.
Optional (choose 1)
- Develop an informed understanding of literature and/or language using critical texts.
- Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas.
Course Contribution and Equipment (this value is only indicative)
$30 for photocopying, Grammarly, and Education Perfect.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
English 3.4 - Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
NZQA Info
English 3.5 - Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
NZQA Info
English 3.7 - Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence
NZQA Info
English 3.8 - Develop an informed understanding of literature and/or language using critical texts
NZQA Info
English 3.9 - Respond critically to significant aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
Applicants to New Zealand universities require 14 credits in three approved subjects. This course is an Approved Course for University Entrance
Disclaimer
Although we aim to enable every learner to have the course that they prefer, limited places or learning requirements may restrict learners' choices.