Albany Senior High School/Coursebook/2ESL

What is this course about?
2 EAP increases academic language, through the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students will study a range of literature, complete research assignments, and learn to write academic essays. This course enables students to gain the Level 2 Literacy Credits.

Recommended Background: The ability to understand and respond to basic English, and to express ideas and information in written form.

What will I learn?
The focus is on providing students with a range of English language experiences so they can become proficient as a user of English in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Students will be given adequate challenges to develop their thoughts by reading short stories and articles with first language support. Some main stream English materials will be used to keep up with Year 11 and Year 12 students' mental capacity. You will have the opportunity to gain Level 1 and Level 2 credits.

What sorts of things will I do?

 * Read a range of written, visual and oral texts such as novels, short stories, articles, poetry, films, and static images. * Write, speak, and create visual texts to express your own ideas. * Analyse and examine perspectives and ideas in texts and demonstrate your understanding of these through creating your own texts.

Frequently asked questions:
Novel/Drama:
 * Lord of the Flies
 * The Hunger Games
 * Snow falling on cedars

Film:

Gran Torino
 * Minority Report
 * The Dark Knight