New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 4)

Summary

Programme Overview

This qualification is intended for learners of English as an additional language, who wish to pursue further English language study in an academic context. Graduates will have the language skills required to communicate independently and effectively in familiar and some less familiar situations with fluency and flexibility in academic settings. This qualification is at a level comparable to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) mid B2 (i.e IELTS 6.0). This qualification allows educational institutions to make informed judgements regarding the level at which the graduate can use English for academic purposes

 

Programme Length

16 weeks

 

Programme Scheduling

There are two parts, Part A and Part B. Part A is textbook-based. Students complete 5 units that have been designed by ICL.

Part B is topic-based. Students complete 5 NZQA unit standards.

25 hours per week on one of our three timetable strands: 8:30-12:30 / 1:00-5:00pm / 5:30-9:30, Monday to Friday (20 hours), plus 5 hours of compulsory workshops (face-to-face tutorials with course tutor).

Students are also expected to complete 12.5 hours of personal self-study, per week

 

Learning Outcomes & Education Pathways

• Understand main ideas and supporting details of moderately complex oral academic texts.
• Participate effectively in sustained spoken academic discourse.
• Understand main ideas and supporting details of moderately complex written academic texts.
• Write detailed, developed, moderately complex academic texts.

This certificate can lead to:

• New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Academic) (Level 5) [Ref: 1884].
• This certificate may facilitate meeting the language requirements for:

– many vocational and undergraduate programmes and specialised fields of study require lower and/or New Zealand Qualifications Framework Level 5, for entrance, depending on the focus of the programme leading to this qualification.