High School Preparation
Credits
30
Duration
10 weeks
Intake Dates for 2024
Programme Outline
The aim of this training scheme is to develop learners’ English language skills at an upper-intermediate level, so they are able to communicate effectively and appropriately in a New Zealand high school. The course has been designed to prepare students to be confident and accurate users of English in all four English language skills for a New Zealand high school context. It is expected that students who complete this course will be able to qualify their opinions to a degree at which they can answer spontaneously when asked questions. They will be applying their knowledge and their use of grammar with few errors and be able to give short presentations on a familiar topic relevant to a NZ high school setting to their classmates. It is expected overall fluency will be at the stage where they do not need to rely on their ethnic language for understanding the English equivalent of words or phrases.
At the end of the course they will have acquired the skills required to:
• Have an English language proficiency level equivalent to CEFR Low B2.
• Enrol in the Kiwi College High School Preparation (Advanced English) Course.
• Enrol in NZCEL L4 (General), (Employment) or (Academic).
• Enrol in a NZ high school in year 11 or 12.
Note: Kiwi College of New Zealand has pathway arrangements with selected top-quality high schools in New Zealand. Graduates will be able to enrol in these schools directly.
Content:
- Reading and Writing Skills: Knowledge and skills on comprehension, explanation and writing of extended texts on a wide range of topics of relevance to a New Zealand high school context with fewer errors in syntax, cohesion, content and grammar and the
ability to infer meaning from the text. - Listening and Speaking Skills: Knowledge and ability on understanding and explaining extended oral texts and participation flexibly and effectively in extended discussions on a wide range of topics relevant to a NZ high school context.
Entry requirements:
• Minimum 14 years or older
• Demonstrated English proficiency for entry to a certificate at level 3 using one of the evidence types listed in Rule 18 of the NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2018 or
• Passed Kiwi English (Intermediate) (Training Scheme) (Level 3) or
• Passed Kiwi College placement test.
Credits
30
Duration
10 weeks
Intake Dates for 2024
Programme Outline
The aim of this training scheme is to develop learners’ English language skills at a level at which they can communicate
effectively and appropriately in real life situations relevant to a New Zealand high school context. The course also prepares students to be confident and accurate users in all four areas of English language. Self-correction should be almost a natural
reflex and they should be able to keep up and contribute equally to a conversation with three or more native speakers. They should be able to manage the same type of reading material as senior secondary school students and publications and websites in English will not present any problems for them.
At the end of the course they will have acquired the skills required to:
• Have an English language proficiency level equivalent to CEFR Mid B2.
• Enrol in NZCEL L4 (General), (Employment) or (Academic).
• Enrol in a NZ high school in year 11, 12 or 13.
Note: Kiwi College of New Zealand has pathway arrangements with selected top-quality high schools in New Zealand. Graduates will be able to enrol in these schools directly.
Content:
Reading and writing skills will focus on discussion, comprehension and evaluation of texts at an academic level relevant to a New Zealand high school context. The reading will include discursive, explanatory, instructive and/or persuasive texts. The writing will concentrate on the presentation of predominately grammatically correct and clearly communicated ideas. An understanding of how to infer meaning from monologues and dialogues. The knowledge and understanding of extending spoken answers with further information and examples and to show a degree of spontaneity in discussions.
Entry requirements:
• Minimum 14 years or older
• Demonstrated English proficiency for entry to a certificate at level 3 using one of the evidence types listed in Rule 18 of the NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2018, or
• Passed Kiwi English (Intermediate) (Training Scheme) (Level 3) or
• Passed Kiwi College placement test.
