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Christ’s College
Canterbury
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Modern Languages
In learning languages, students learn to
communicate in an additional language, develop
their capacity to learn other languages and
explore different world views in relation to
their own
(Framework for teaching and learning
languages in English-medium schools).
They learn
highly transferable skills which will equip them
for success both personally and professionally in
the increasingly smaller global village we live in.
A language combined with commercial training
opens the door to an international business
career.
The Learning Language area of the New Zealand
curriculum structures this learning into three
main strands: communication, language
knowledge and cultural knowledge. The ultimate
aim is to produce independent inter-cultural
speakers who can successfully use their linguistic
proficiency to interact across cultural boundaries
and engage meaningfully with others.
The Modern Languages Department encourages
students to take advantage of our excellent
exchange opportunities with schools in France,
Germany and Japan which have been built up
over the years. The return host partners always
contribute greatly to College life and enrich not
only the academic and cultural learning within
classrooms, but also the wider school community.
Te Reo, French, German, Japanese and Spanish
are offered in 2018 in this department.
Administrative and pastoral support is offered for
Mandarin via Te Kura NZ Correspondence School
under set conditions.
NB: If a student opts out of a language at the
end of Year 9 he is unable to pick this language
up again at a later date unless he has had the
requisite tutoring in the interim period. Similarly
a student cannot enter a Year 10 language class
without Year 9 previous learning or equivalent.
YEAR 9
Status
French, Japanese, and
Spanish are offered. Students
choose ONE language for the
whole year. German is no longer
offered at Year 9.