Level 3 English

The Level 3 English course comprises a combination of internal and external (assessed by exams) Achievement Standards that will enable students to personalise their learning. The course offers (UE) university entrance literacy, and will also include the opportunity to gain the NCEA Literacy Co-requisite Unit Standards (10 credits) for those students who still need it. The English department aims to implement a personalised, self-directed, culturally responsive curriculum in which students will be given agency in exploring visual, oral and written language; the selection of texts; and methods of demonstrating their learning. Students will explore various aspects of English and gain proficiency in developing critical literacy; 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.