12ENGC
NCEA Level 2 English Communication
Introduction
Senior English Communication continues your journey in becoming an expert in reading, writing and spoken interaction. What we do in this course depends on you. We will work together to build a course that meets your needs and interests; whether they be University Entrance, learning how to do interviews, building your confidence in reading, or beginning to look at Media Studies and Marketing. We will aim for at least 14 credits across the year. You can take BOTH English Communication and English Literature.
Course Outline
This course is very much a "pick a path" situation where you choose to complete standards that will benefit your future pathway. Close viewing based on a student selected film is the first assessment and students move into their individual standards from there.
Some examples of what is available are listed below - students can do a combination of standards from BOTH lists.
Achievement Standards:
Close viewing
Static image
Personal response to text
Writing portfolio
AS research
Unit Standards:
Close viewing
US research
Short report
Interview
CV
Informal meeting
Credits Available
Internal At least 21 for AS and 19 for US
External Up to 8
Total Choose up to 29 for AS and 27 for US
Where this course can lead
You can obtain University Entrance Literacy in this course. If this is your goal, please inform your teacher on day one of the course.
Many career opportunities await the scholar of English.
Prerequisites & Equipment
The work for this course is predominantly done through Google Classroom, Docs and Slides. Having a charged device with you every lesson is essential.
