Marlborough Boys’ College Marlborough Boys’ College

NCEA L1 English - An Equal Playing Field

ENG1E
Course Description Recommended Prior Learning

Open entry.


"Sports do not build character, they reveal it!" John Wooden

If you enjoy watching, playing, analysing or researching the history of sport, then this is the course for you. This course focuses on sports' place in our society, history and future. How has sport shaped or changed our society? How has it developed the culture of our communities?

This course explores key thinking and communication skills through texts based primarily around sports themes. We will be researching and summarising, making connections between and beyond different texts, writing creatively as well as developing our critical literacy skills.

English as a subject area focuses on the two key strands – making meaning and creating meaning. We focus on communication through a range of texts and mediums to reflect societal changes and 21st Century learning foci. English encompasses learning the language, using the language and thinking beyond the language through authentic learning contexts.

Specifically, this involves learners being willing to have their ideas challenged; to developing their own ideas and opinions through critical literacy and working on the skills required to be confident using their own personal voice.

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Learning Areas:

Languages - Ngā Reo, Year 11 (NCEA Level 1), Year 11 Literacy Requirement


Career Pathways

Barrister, Author, Journalist, Technical Writer, Editor, Solicitor, Judge, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Librarian, Translator, Library Assistant, Locksmith, Train Driver, Mail and Parcel Sorter, Market Research Analyst, Survey Interviewer, Ship's Master, Refrigeration/Air-conditioning Technician, Medical Laboratory Technician, Radiation Therapist, Mortgage Broker, Navy Sailor, Navy Officer, Office Manager, Optometrist, Osteopath, Payroll Officer, Photographer, Policy Analyst, Printer, Private Teacher/Tutor, Purchasing/Supply Officer, Production Manager, Recreation Co-ordinator, Project Manager, Quarantine Officer, Radiation Oncologist, Recruitment Consultant, Roading Construction Worker, Roadmarker, Scaffolder, Secondary School Teacher, Signmaker, Social Worker, Teacher Aide, Speech-Language Therapist, Sterilising Technician, Stevedore, Telemarketer, Television Presenter, Tour Guide, Case Manager, Test Analyst, Tow Truck Operator, Travel Agent/Adviser, Tyre Technician, Valuer, Intelligence Officer, Management Consultant, Network Administrator, Court Registry Officer, Marketing Specialist, Geospatial Specialist, Psychotherapist, Career Consultant, Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, Security Consultant, Data Analyst, Scrum Master