Level 1 English

The Level 1 English course comprises a combination of four internal and external (assessed by exams) Achievement Standards, totalling 20 credits. The course will include the opportunity to gain the NCEA Literacy Co-requisite Unit Standards (10 credits) for those students who still need literacy. The English department aims to implement a personalised, self-directed, culturally responsive curriculum in which students will be given some agency in exploring visual, oral and written language; the selection of texts; and methods of demonstrating their learning, within the framework of the new NCEA Achievement Standards. This course will enable students to personalise their learning. Students will explore various aspects of English and gain proficiency in developing critical literacy skills; reading a range of texts for a variety of purposes; writing in various genres; speaking and presenting in several contexts and viewing or listening to texts to make and create meaning. This course will be a pre-requisite for English at Level 2.