(2EL) English Language Learners
2EL Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Miss E. Lee.
2EL is a multi-level ESOL class designed for Year 9 to Year 13 students who have a basic understanding of English. This course helps learners strengthen their everyday survival English and further develop their listening, reading, writing, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills. Students will also begin to learn some subject-specific vocabulary used in mainstream classes.
The course is divided into two parts:
2ELA - Topic based learning
2ELB - Grammar and writing skills
Students enrolled in 2EL will take all two classes and receive ESOL instruction 8 times per week. Students have the opportunity to move up a level at the end of Terms 1, 2, and 3, based on their progress and achievement. To progress to the next level, 3EL, students must consistently achieve at least 80% in listening, reading, writing, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary assessments in 2ELA.
Course Overview
Term 1
2ELA
Introducing Myself
Personal Safety - reading, writing, listening, speaking (conversation) test
Endangered Animals - reading, writing, listening, speaking (presentation) test
2ELB
Parts of Speech
*Nouns and Articles
*Verbs, prepositions and conjunctions
*Pronouns and numerals
*Adjectives and adverbs
Term 2
2ELA
Cultures and Customs
Kiwiana
*New Zealand geography
*New Zealand history
*Famous NZ people
Reading, writing, listening speaking (presentation), vocabulary test
2ELB
Tenses:
*Simple future tense
*Simple present and simple past tense
*Present and past continuous
*Present perfect and past perfect tense
Descriptive writing
Term 3
2ELA
Health
*Sports and exercise
*Healthy eating and nutrition
Reading, writing, listening, speaking (presentation) tests
Food project
2ELB
Sentence Types
*Declarative sentences
*Interrogative sentences
*Attributive clauses & Object clauses
*'There be' sentences
*Exclamatory and Imperative sentences
Recount writing
Term 4
2ELA
Commerce
*Money and Shopping
*Advertising and Language
Christmas unit
2ELB
Review and Practice
*Parts of Speech
*Tenses
*Sentence Types
Opinion Writing
Pathway