ESOL- Level 1

Why this course: The course is fundamentally structured around developing critical thinking and communication skills within a framework that values personal growth.  It aims at presenting the students with basic and fundamental English knowledge by focusing on practical, real-world communication skills and exposing them to authentic material. Its goal is to support students across all subjects and to encourage them to gain NCEA credits. It emphasizes principles like high expectations, inclusion, cultural diversity, and coherence and promotes values like excellence, integrity, diversity, and equity. Moreover, it aims to enhance the student's ability in using every day and useful language, symbols and brief and guided texts, creative thinking and participating and contributing meaningfully at school and in society.

Course information: The course is structured around thematic learning units and a holistic development of the four skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) alongside targeted grammar and vocabulary instruction. It also includes summative NCEA assessments and formative ones throughout the four terms. These exams are the first formal ones students sit at school and help them prepare them for the upcoming ones in different subjects.