Kaiapoi High School
Level 2 English - Oral & Visual
Course Description
Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Ms J. Collins.
Level 2 English – Oral & Visual covers a range of learning activities, offering students the opportunity to build their language and critical thinking skills, with a heavier focus on the communication of ideas through visual and oral texts.
Assessments are taken at a slower pace than in the Classic to Contemporary course. Students have some opportunity to tailor their own assessment programmes, including the mode of assessment in some cases (written, oral, or visual). However, this is still an academic course.
Course Overview
What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
Information Literacy
For this topic you will choose a controversial issue in the news and investigate the different sides of the argument. You will use research and analytical skills to develop conclusions regarding the issue, presenting your findings and conclusions in a written report.
This standard is worth 4 Reading credits towards Level 2 Literacy.
Text Connections
In this unit you will read, listen to and/or view at least four texts based on a theme or topic. You will look at similarities and differences between the texts and the way they convey information about the topic. You will create a written or oral report based on these similarities and differences between texts.
Close Viewing
In this topic you will closely study a visual text, looking specifically at the cinematography and analysing the director's skill. You will focus on a particular scene and analyse its importance to the text and ideas. This will include identifying particular visual and sound techniques and evaluating how effectively these have been used, in combination, to manipulate the audience's response.
Personal Reading Responses
For this topic you will read, watch and possibly listen to a range of self-chosen texts. You will then respond to ideas and aspects of the text, showing your personal connections to the text, as well as connections to the world around you.
This standard is worth 4 Reading Credits towards Level 2 Literacy.
Visual or Oral Text Study
In this unit you will look at the elements which are part of creating a successful visual or oral text. You will consider the way that ideas are conveyed through different aspects of the text and how these ideas are relevant to lessons for society. You will also look at how the director or speaker has used verbal and/or visual language techniques to communicate ideas. This will be assessed at the end of the year.
This standard is worth 4 Writing credits towards Level 2 Literacy.
Recommended Prior Learning
To be accepted for this course students need to have earned Level 1 Literacy and a minimum of 10 credits from Level 1 English, or HOF approval.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Charged device. Pen.
Pathway
English is a foundational skill, which is of value in any future career. This is particularly true in people-related jobs such as; social work, health care, journalism, media, education, etc.
English is also useful in support of many other subject areas, and is a prerequisite for a number of courses, both in school and beyond.
Assessment Information
All assessments are internal, therefore there is no external examination. However, students have the opportunity to opt in to an external examination. Level 2 credits are offered in this course and students will still have the opportunity to gain some of their Level 2 Literacy requirements.This course provides some opportunity to meet the literacy requirements for University Entrance.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
English 2.7 - Analyse significant connections across texts, supported by evidence
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English 2.8 - Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusion(s)
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English 2.9 - Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence
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English 2.10 - Analyse aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close viewing and/or listening, supported by evidence
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Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.
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