This course requires 2 options.
Level 3 English for Academic Purposes
Although next year timetables are yet to be finalised, course selection is now finished. Any changes to student courses will now take place in January.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms J. Fry, Ms A. Schnell.
The course is available to English language learners as well as other students who wish to obtain UE literacy.
English for Academic Purposes is a course for Year 13 students who want to go on to university or another tertiary course that requires academic English. The course is aimed at students who have not yet gained University Entrance Literacy in Reading and/or Writing. The skills developed are academic essay writing, oral presentation skills and critical reading analysis.
Students will be assessed through three English for Academic Purposes unit standards (17 credits total), two of which provide UE Literacy. This course is not a UE approved subject.
Recommended Prior Learning
NCEA Level 1 Literacy
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Write a crafted text using researched material in English for an academic purpose
NZQA Info
Read and process information in English for academic purposes
NZQA Info
Deliver an oral presentation in English for an academic purpose