Westlake Boys High School
Year 9 English Language Acquisition
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr C. Wilson.
9 English Language Acquisition
The 9ELA course gives English Language Learners (ELLs) opportunities to develop oral, aural and written English language skills in smaller class sizes with more 1 on 1 teacher time. The course of learning follows closely to mainstream English and allows students the opportunity to progress to mainstream if pleasing progress is made.
To develop their skills, students are immersed in rich texts including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, performance texts and visual language texts. Through a range of literacy and language building activities ELLs gain confidence in producing their own oral and written texts in English. They also develop the key competencies and learn about the bi-cultural heritage of New Zealand through reading and interaction.
Assessment
Regular in-class assessment. These take the form of on-going School Based Assessment, Mid Year and End of Year examinations.
Entry Criteria
Students will be selected to take this course. This will be based on initial testing conducted on arrival at school.
Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs
Learners will have the opportunity to participate in blended e-learning through inquiry learning.
As this course makes extensive use of digital learning material. It is expected that you will have a laptop or other suitable learning device available for each class when required.
Pathway
Disclaimer
Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.
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