The English Language Learning (ELL) programmes address the specific language needs of ESOL students attending Aorere College. ELL courses are needs based and all students who have arrived in New Zealand in the last 5 years are assessed and placed in the most appropriate course for them.
Students with extremely minimal English can attend Reception classes. This means that, rather than attending mainstream classes that might be too difficult, the students attend language classes where the focus is on vocabulary, reading comprehension and basic writing skills.
Junior students can attend ELL as an option. These classes focus on cross-curricular topic studies aimed at supporting the students in their other subjects and developing their comprehension and writing skills.
The English Language Learning senior classes are double options and offer NCEA credits. Students who opt for this subject are offered ELL Unit Standards between levels 1 and 3 and English Standards at Levels 1 and 2. Students have the opportunity to gain their University Entrance Literacy in Years 12 and 13.
Students with extremely minimal English can attend Reception classes. This means that, rather than attending mainstream classes that might be too difficult, the students attend language classes where the focus is on vocabulary, reading comprehension and basic writing skills.
Junior students can attend ELL as an option. These classes focus on cross-curricular topic studies aimed at supporting the students in their other subjects and developing their comprehension and writing skills.
The English Language Learning senior classes are double options and offer NCEA credits. Students who opt for this subject are offered ELL Unit Standards between levels 1 and 3 and English Standards at Levels 1 and 2. Students have the opportunity to gain their University Entrance Literacy in Years 12 and 13.