Level 3 English - Oral & Visual
L3ENOV Course DescriptionHead of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Ms J. Collins.
Recommended Prior LearningTo be accepted for this course students must have earned Level 2 Literacy and a minimum of 10 credits from Level 2 English, or HOF approval.
Level 3 English – Oral & Visual requires students to explore language and think critically about the communication of ideas in a range of texts, with a heavier focus on 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. '
* Please note: this course may be subject to change, depending on the outcomes of the English Curriculum Review.
Course Overview
What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
Close Viewing
For this topic you will study a visual text, looking closely at how the director has crafted it effectively. You will compare specific techniques used across two different scenes to evaluate how the director has used these techniques to position the audience and manipulate our thinking.
Text Connections
In this unit you will read, listen to and/or view at least four texts based on a topic or timeframe. You will look at similarities and differences between the texts and the way they convey information about the topic. You will create a written report which critically evaluates these texts and the messages conveyed through their similarities and differences.
Oral Presentation
This topic requires you to prepare and deliver an oral presentation based on an important idea from a text, a social justice issue, or a current issue of concern. You will present a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the topic, including the wider world implications of the ideas or issues.
Visual or Oral Text study
In this unit you will study the elements which are part of creating a successful visual or oral text. You will evaluate how these ideas are conveyed through different aspects of the text and how these ideas are relevant to lessons for wider society, including why these lessons are necessary. This will be assessed in the examination at the end of the year.
Assessment Information
Three internal and one external Achievement Standards are offered in this course. Learning is assessed throughout the year, during class time and for homework, as well as in the examination in November.
This course includes four reading and four writing credits for University Entrance Literacy. An additional six writing credits may be offered, at the discretion of the teacher, if students have the level of literacy required for this.
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